St Austell North & Carclaze

Cornwall · South West · population 7,404 · 4 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,296 of 6,856 in England
  • #545 of 710 in South West
  • #43 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,260
Median age (est.)44
Density1,127per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above27%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 10%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 41% · Buddhist 0%

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

St Austell North & Carclaze is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,296 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #43 of 73 in Cornwall. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (57) and lowest on Employment (25). Typical homes here sold for about £225,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 73 sales), 21% below the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,342 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 95 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 36 · #4,406
Employment 25 · #5,119
Education 57 · #2,973
Health 36 · #4,385
Crime 45 · #3,748
Housing & access 33 · #4,598
Living environment 46 · #3,720

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · -6.2% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,00073-6.2%+11.7%
Detached£300,00021-14.8%+9.1%
Semi-detached£228,00019-0.3%+25.4%
Terraced£190,00020-13.2%+14.3%
Flat£120,60013-5.6%+14.9%
This area£225,000
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)£35,342±£4,979 · #4,915 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,026
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

95 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 701 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #4,734 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences386
Theft99
Burglary16
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons61
Drugs18
Robbery12
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 171 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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