Mevagissey & Polgooth

Cornwall · South West · population 7,895 · 6 LSOAs

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

51Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,378 of 6,856 in England
  • #419 of 710 in South West
  • #19 of 73 in Cornwall
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,014
Median age (est.)56
Density98per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 15%45–64 30%65+ 34%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 5%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 6%Other: 24%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 6%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 19% · Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades19%
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional11%
Elementary8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · 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

Mevagissey & Polgooth sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,378 of 6,856 in England, and #19 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 134 sales), 23% above the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,704 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 64 · #2,452
Employment 66 · #2,322
Education 78 · #1,479
Health 73 · #1,842
Crime 96 · #265
Housing & access 8 · #6,332
Living environment 4 · #6,613

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000134-2.0%+15.3%
Detached£417,50084-4.7%+22.8%
Semi-detached£294,95021+7.3%+13.5%
Terraced£270,00023+1.6%+31.9%
Flat£139,2256-22.2%-30.4%
This area£350,000
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)£35,704±£5,017 · #4,812 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,693
Price-to-income ?9.8×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 258 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #624 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences136
Theft36
Burglary17
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons28
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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