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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003922

Pool & Illogan Highway

Pool & Illogan Highway is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,036 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
9,036

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,863

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

758.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.8%

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.

Bideford South & East, Torridge13,021 residents · 62.7% owned · 17.0% no carBroadwey & Littlemoor, Dorset7,666 residents · 58.1% owned · 18.9% no carBuglawton, Cheshire East7,589 residents · 59.2% owned · 19.7% no carCinderford, Forest of Dean12,961 residents · 66.4% owned · 17.6% no carOld Colwyn & Llanddulas, Conwy8,896 residents · 67.5% owned · 16.9% no carExmouth Withycombe Raleigh, East Devon7,541 residents · 66.2% owned · 16.8% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Launceston, Cornwall10,248 residents · 55.5% owned · 17.5% no carPar, Cornwall6,932 residents · 66.7% owned · 14.2% no carBodmin East, Cornwall8,921 residents · 59.0% owned · 17.2% no carHayle, Cornwall10,298 residents · 62.9% owned · 16.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pool & Illogan Highway

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

Tenure

Owned63.7%
2,460 households
Private rented18.1%
699 households
Social rented16.5%
639 households
Shared ownership1.6%
62 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached32.1%
1,240 households
Terraced27.6%
1,065 households
Semi-detached26.7%
1,033 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.5%
407 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
56 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,687 households
2 cars or vans in household30.5%
1,177 households
No cars or vans in household14.1%
545 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.7%
453 households
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.3%
1,596 households
2 bedrooms32.1%
1,241 households
4 or more bedrooms14.9%
576 households
1 bedroom11.6%
450 households
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.9%
2,508 households
One-person household29%
1,121 households
Other household types6.1%
235 households
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.5%
1,408 households
1 person in household29%
1,121 households
3 people in household15.8%
609 households
4 people in household12.7%
490 households
5 people in household4.3%
165 households
6 people in household1%
40 households
7 people in household0.5%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
1,665 residents
15–2915%
1,360 residents
30–4419.8%
1,793 residents
45–6427.6%
2,491 residents
65 and over19.1%
1,728 residents
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.3%
8,790 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
132 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.5%
48 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
46 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.8%
1,800 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.4%
1,414 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.9%
1,371 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,096 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
844 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
533 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
4,264 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.8%
2,897 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
113 residents aged 16 and over
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,232 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.7%
1,216 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.6%
1,210 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.5%
909 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
543 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.5%
470 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.8%
4,137 residents
Good health33.2%
3,002 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,329 residents
Bad health4.8%
434 residents
Very bad health1.5%
134 residents
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.2%
7,066 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.8%
1,970 residents
Pool & Illogan Highway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.7%
1,649 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,354 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.5%
639 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.4%
208 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
Pool & Illogan Highway · 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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