St Germans & St Mellion

Cornwall · South West · population 6,717 · 4 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,988 of 6,856 in England
  • #506 of 710 in South West
  • #29 of 73 in Cornwall
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,723
Median age (est.)54
Density60per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 8%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 5%Other: 22%
One person 27%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 5%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
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

St Germans & St Mellion is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,988 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (92) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £353,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 82 sales), 24% above the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,768 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 69 · #2,116
Employment 62 · #2,603
Education 71 · #1,979
Health 71 · #1,979
Crime 92 · #512
Housing & access 1 · #6,805
Living environment 3 · #6,647

House prices ?

£353,000median (12m) · -5.2% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£353,00082-5.2%+23.9%
Detached£425,00048-13.3%+13.9%
Semi-detached£286,00015+1.4%+36.2%
Terraced£261,00012+11.1%+38.7%
Flat£170,00070.0%+41.7%
This area£353,000
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)£40,768±£5,717 · #3,189 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,195
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 225 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #686 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences108
Theft22
Burglary18
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons20
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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