Illogan & Portreath

Cornwall · South West · population 7,381 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,166 of 6,856 in England
  • #530 of 710 in South West
  • #36 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,213
Median age (est.)49
Density343per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above31%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 29%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors11%
Associate professional11%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Illogan & Portreath is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,166 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #36 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (76) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £290,500 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 108 sales), in line with the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,362 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 44 · #3,816
Employment 39 · #4,193
Education 35 · #4,433
Health 47 · #3,631
Crime 76 · #1,609
Housing & access 12 · #6,065
Living environment 34 · #4,495

House prices ?

£290,500median (12m) · -1.5% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,500108-1.5%+21.0%
Detached£385,000420.0%+32.8%
Semi-detached£294,25030+18.3%+34.5%
Terraced£190,00031-15.1%-5.6%
Flat£175,0005+16.7%
This area£290,500
Cornwall£285,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,362±£5,094 · #4,578 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,606
Price-to-income ?8.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 360 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #2,016 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences210
Theft36
Burglary11
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons20
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 60 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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