Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands

Cornwall · South West · population 6,919 · 5 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,454 of 6,856 in England
  • #568 of 710 in South West
  • #48 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,902
Median age (est.)53
Density153per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 30%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 11%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · 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

Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,454 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #48 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (83) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 94 sales), 33% above the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,710 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 49 · #3,522
Employment 48 · #3,590
Education 35 · #4,440
Health 57 · #2,918
Crime 83 · #1,150
Housing & access 10 · #6,202
Living environment 2 · #6,682

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,00094+1.3%+12.4%
Detached£430,00045-9.9%+13.2%
Semi-detached£355,00024+7.3%+31.5%
Terraced£275,00024+10.0%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£380,000
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)£37,710±£5,295 · #4,140 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,251
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 244 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #840 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences148
Theft22
Burglary9
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons19
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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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