Shortlanesend, Chacewater & Carnon Downs

Cornwall · South West · population 9,288 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,603 of 6,856 in England
  • #290 of 710 in South West
  • #6 of 73 in Cornwall
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,114
Median age (est.)51
Density138per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above41%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 28%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 6%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 42% · 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

Shortlanesend, Chacewater & Carnon Downs is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,603 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £395,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 126 sales), 39% above the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,721 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 76 · #1,678
Employment 73 · #1,842
Education 75 · #1,739
Health 80 · #1,335
Crime 96 · #238
Housing & access 11 · #6,078
Living environment 15 · #5,804

House prices ?

£395,000median (12m) · -3.7% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£395,000126-3.7%+8.8%
Detached£466,78368-12.5%+12.5%
Semi-detached£342,50026+22.3%+23.4%
Terraced£280,00030+15.9%+23.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£395,000
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)£41,721±£5,873 · #2,934 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,905
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 ?

50Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 336 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #927 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences192
Theft44
Burglary10
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons26
Drugs15
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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