Roche & Goss Moor

Cornwall · South West · population 7,872 · 4 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,701 of 6,856 in England
  • #666 of 710 in South West
  • #72 of 73 in Cornwall
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,747
Median age (est.)44
Density122per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above20%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 13%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 18% · Process & plant 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades18%
Process & plant13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Professional9%
Associate professional8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · 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

Roche & Goss Moor is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,701 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #72 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (59) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £222,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 67 sales), 22% below the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,147 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 30 · #4,817
Employment 28 · #4,961
Education 17 · #5,660
Health 37 · #4,337
Crime 59 · #2,802
Housing & access 2 · #6,716
Living environment 2 · #6,709

House prices ?

£222,500median (12m) · -3.1% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£222,50067-3.1%+23.6%
Detached£360,00017+25.2%+35.8%
Semi-detached£225,00027+6.9%+25.0%
Terraced£188,50022-5.8%+18.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£222,500
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)£33,147±£4,670 · #5,625 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,093
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 443 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #2,588 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences266
Theft41
Burglary18
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons32
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 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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