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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003929

Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands

Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,903 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
6,903

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,122

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

152.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.5%

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.

Sturminster Newton & Stalbridge, Dorset10,439 residents · 70.3% owned · 11.1% no carSouth Petherton, Seavington & Kingsbury, South Somerset7,463 residents · 73.8% owned · 7.3% no carMartock, South Somerset5,602 residents · 73.2% owned · 10.7% no carWittering & Birdham, Chichester11,628 residents · 73.0% owned · 11.9% no carKingskerswell, Teignbridge6,125 residents · 80.1% owned · 11.0% no carChickerell & Chesil Bank, Dorset8,375 residents · 71.3% owned · 11.9% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Towednack, Lelant & Carbis Bay, Cornwall5,899 residents · 78.0% owned · 11.4% no carMevagissey & Polgooth, Cornwall8,015 residents · 75.5% owned · 9.6% no carTywardreath & Fowey, Cornwall5,687 residents · 74.7% owned · 12.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands

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

Tenure

Owned73.9%
2,307 households
Private rented13.6%
425 households
Social rented11.3%
353 households
Shared ownership1.2%
36 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached51.5%
1,610 households
Semi-detached23.5%
734 households
Terraced15.3%
477 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.2%
162 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.3%
71 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
13 households
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.5%
1,265 households
2 cars or vans in household34.5%
1,078 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.8%
463 households
No cars or vans in household10.2%
318 households
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42%
1,310 households
2 bedrooms28.3%
882 households
4 or more bedrooms23.2%
725 households
1 bedroom6.6%
205 households
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65%
2,029 households
One-person household29.8%
932 households
Other household types5.2%
162 households
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.7%
1,335 households
1 person in household29.8%
932 households
3 people in household12.6%
395 households
4 people in household9.6%
300 households
5 people in household3.4%
107 households
6 people in household1.3%
42 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.5%
929 residents
15–2911.4%
788 residents
30–4414.4%
991 residents
45–6429.8%
2,054 residents
65 and over31%
2,140 residents
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
6,684 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
99 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
85 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.3%
20 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
15 residents
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.5%
1,986 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.1%
892 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
857 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
556 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
395 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.9%
3,009 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.7%
2,820 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.7%
1,283 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.9%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.4%
736 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.8%
696 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.6%
628 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.9%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
332 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,131 residents
Good health34.3%
2,366 residents
Fair health14.5%
1,000 residents
Bad health4.8%
328 residents
Very bad health1.1%
78 residents
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.4%
5,547 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.6%
1,356 residents
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.9%
1,495 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
1,165 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.3%
383 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
77 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Porthleven, Breage & Praa Sands · 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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