Truro East

Cornwall · South West · population 8,436 · 4 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,994 of 6,856 in England
  • #354 of 710 in South West
  • #11 of 73 in Cornwall
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,460
Median age (est.)44
Density2,365per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 18%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Truro East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,994 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 73 in Cornwall. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (88) and lowest on Education (38). Typical homes here sold for about £287,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 110 sales), in line with the wider Cornwall median of £285,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,701 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £42,671 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,789
Employment 40 · #4,145
Education 38 · #4,214
Health 59 · #2,836
Crime 68 · #2,219
Housing & access 64 · #2,493
Living environment 88 · #848

House prices ?

£287,500median (12m) · -4.2% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£287,500110-4.2%-1.7%
Detached£430,00025-9.5%+13.3%
Semi-detached£285,00022+1.1%+12.9%
Terraced£293,25036+2.9%+17.3%
Flat£185,00027-7.5%0.0%
This area£287,500
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)£42,671±£6,024 · #2,663 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,087
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 512 offences
Cornwall63
South West71
England83

Rank #2,914 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences305
Theft68
Burglary14
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons42
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 62 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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