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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003952

St Columb Minor & Porth

St Columb Minor & Porth is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,735 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
9,735

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,098

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

339

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.2%

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.

Roundswell & Landkey, North Devon10,159 residents · 71.4% owned · 10.8% no carSoham, East Cambridgeshire13,242 residents · 61.4% owned · 12.3% no carEdenbridge, Sevenoaks9,881 residents · 65.3% owned · 13.7% no carBishop's Hull & Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset West and Taunton9,929 residents · 66.4% owned · 11.7% no carKippax East, Micklefield & Allerton Bywater, Leeds7,321 residents · 71.8% owned · 14.5% no carFaringdon & Stanford, Vale of White Horse9,690 residents · 63.1% owned · 12.4% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Helston, Cornwall12,172 residents · 63.9% owned · 14.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Columb Minor & Porth

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

Tenure

Owned66.6%
2,730 households
Private rented19.5%
798 households
Social rented10.9%
445 households
Shared ownership3%
124 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached32.6%
1,337 households
Semi-detached28.1%
1,150 households
Terraced21.5%
882 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12%
493 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3%
121 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
49 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1%
40 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
26 households
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.8%
1,753 households
2 cars or vans in household34.5%
1,415 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.6%
474 households
No cars or vans in household11.1%
456 households
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.6%
1,621 households
2 bedrooms30.6%
1,256 households
4 or more bedrooms20%
821 households
1 bedroom9.8%
400 households
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.5%
2,724 households
One-person household27.4%
1,123 households
Other household types6.1%
250 households
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.8%
1,507 households
1 person in household27.4%
1,123 households
3 people in household16.9%
693 households
4 people in household13.7%
563 households
5 people in household3.7%
151 households
6 people in household0.9%
36 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,797 residents
15–2914.3%
1,396 residents
30–4422.5%
2,189 residents
45–6426%
2,527 residents
65 and over18.7%
1,825 residents
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.9%
9,430 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
179 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
61 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
45 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
16 residents
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.2%
2,451 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.5%
1,610 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.9%
1,249 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.9%
1,094 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
778 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
476 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
187 residents aged 16 and over
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.1%
4,872 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.5%
2,866 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
106 residents aged 16 and over
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.6%
1,615 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.6%
1,223 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.1%
1,028 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
901 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
891 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
776 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
363 residents aged 16 and over
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.9%
4,956 residents
Good health32.5%
3,165 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,153 residents
Bad health3.6%
354 residents
Very bad health1.1%
107 residents
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
8,018 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,717 residents
St Columb Minor & Porth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.1%
2,094 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
1,341 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13%
533 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
116 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
13 households
St Columb Minor & Porth · 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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