St Ives & Halsetown

Cornwall · South West · population 6,885 · 5 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,276 of 6,856 in England
  • #542 of 710 in South West
  • #41 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,883
Median age (est.)51
Density685per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 22%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 12%Other: 17%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 12%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 15% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades15%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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 Ives & Halsetown is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,276 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #41 of 73 in Cornwall. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (70) and lowest on Housing & access (26). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 109 sales), 23% above the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,543 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 81 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 37 · #4,310
Employment 32 · #4,673
Education 29 · #4,872
Health 50 · #3,391
Crime 70 · #2,075
Housing & access 26 · #5,091
Living environment 39 · #4,173

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · -9.1% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000109-9.1%-5.7%
Detached£587,50028-14.9%+17.5%
Semi-detached£400,00013+15.9%+15.1%
Terraced£338,50044-7.3%-3.6%
Flat£253,50024-12.2%-13.3%
This area£350,000
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)£33,543±£4,718 · #5,484 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,261
Price-to-income ?10.4×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

81 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 555 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #4,106 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences331
Theft72
Burglary16
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons40
Drugs12
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 127 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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