St Neot & St Cleer

Cornwall · South West · population 6,719 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,413 of 6,856 in England
  • #561 of 710 in South West
  • #46 of 73 in Cornwall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,606
Median age (est.)54
Density44per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above34%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 33%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 8%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 19% · Professional 17% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades19%
Professional17%
Managers & directors15%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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 Neot & St Cleer is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,413 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #46 of 73 in Cornwall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £286,750 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 86 sales), in line with the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,023 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 64 · #2,493
Employment 54 · #3,151
Education 59 · #2,815
Health 64 · #2,466
Crime 93 · #505
Housing & access 0 · #6,839
Living environment 2 · #6,723

House prices ?

£286,750median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£286,75086-2.0%+20.5%
Detached£375,00051+2.0%+16.3%
Semi-detached£215,00017-3.4%+26.5%
Terraced£193,50018-10.0%+13.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£286,750
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)£37,023±£5,210 · #4,352 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,042
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 210 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #498 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences113
Theft29
Burglary5
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons16
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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