Lostwithiel & Penwithick

Cornwall · South West · population 11,088 · 6 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,139 of 6,856 in England
  • #629 of 710 in South West
  • #63 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,096
Median age (est.)47
Density146per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above26%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 10%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 18% · Professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades18%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Lostwithiel & Penwithick is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,139 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #63 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (71) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £238,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 133 sales), 16% below the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,091 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,159
Employment 34 · #4,502
Education 30 · #4,803
Health 48 · #3,535
Crime 71 · #2,007
Housing & access 3 · #6,668
Living environment 4 · #6,599

House prices ?

£238,000median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£238,000133-1.9%-0.8%
Detached£375,00041-2.6%+13.6%
Semi-detached£212,50049-4.5%+26.5%
Terraced£230,00030+31.4%+56.5%
Flat£135,00013-27.8%-17.6%
This area£238,000
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)£35,091±£4,945 · #5,006 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,328
Price-to-income ?6.8×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 724 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #3,235 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences443
Theft47
Burglary25
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson118
Public order & weapons54
Drugs8
Robbery2
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 133 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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