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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003898

St Germans & St Mellion

St Germans & St Mellion is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,723 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
6,723

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,975

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.4%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Germans & St Mellion

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned74.6%
2,220 households
Private rented16.6%
494 households
Social rented8.2%
244 households
Shared ownership0.5%
14 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached57.2%
1,700 households
Semi-detached23%
685 households
Terraced14.1%
418 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.9%
86 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
28 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.8%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
14 households
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.7%
1,121 households
2 cars or vans in household36.4%
1,084 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.2%
540 households
No cars or vans in household7.7%
230 households
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.6%
1,207 households
4 or more bedrooms32%
951 households
2 bedrooms22.7%
676 households
1 bedroom4.7%
141 households
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.6%
2,008 households
One-person household27.1%
804 households
Other household types5.4%
159 households
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household44.2%
1,314 households
1 person in household27%
805 households
3 people in household12.9%
385 households
4 people in household11%
326 households
5 people in household3.1%
93 households
6 people in household1.2%
35 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.5%
842 residents
15–2911.6%
777 residents
30–4413.4%
904 residents
45–6431.8%
2,136 residents
65 and over30.7%
2,064 residents
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.3%
6,541 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
71 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
57 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
39 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
17 residents
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.4%
2,351 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.1%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
719 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%
490 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
125 residents aged 16 and over
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.1%
3,028 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.4%
2,701 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
86 residents aged 16 and over
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.2%
1,465 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers18.3%
1,066 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16%
930 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
596 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
501 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.1%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
280 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
270 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
239 residents aged 16 and over
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.6%
3,201 residents
Good health34.6%
2,325 residents
Fair health12.6%
848 residents
Bad health4.1%
276 residents
Very bad health1.1%
73 residents
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.6%
5,422 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.4%
1,301 residents
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.8%
1,539 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
1,042 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%
331 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
St Germans & St Mellion · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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