Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003964

Mevagissey & Polgooth

Mevagissey & Polgooth is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,015 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
8,015

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,675

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

98.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.5%

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.

Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire8,303 residents · 75.8% owned · 10.8% no carBromyard & Bishop's Frome, Herefordshire, County of10,681 residents · 68.6% owned · 10.1% no carBroadway, Wickhamford & Sedgeberrow, Wychavon6,314 residents · 73.5% owned · 10.9% no carAberaeron & Llanrhystud, Ceredigion7,075 residents · 75.6% owned · 12.3% no carBrighstone & Shalfleet, Isle of Wight5,258 residents · 81.2% owned · 10.4% no carNew Quay & Penbryn, Ceredigion6,330 residents · 79.8% owned · 9.5% 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 carPorthleven, Breage & Praa Sands, Cornwall6,903 residents · 73.9% owned · 10.2% no carTywardreath & Fowey, Cornwall5,687 residents · 74.7% owned · 12.2% no carCrackington & Tintagel, Cornwall7,003 residents · 74.2% owned · 9.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mevagissey & Polgooth

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

Tenure

Owned75.5%
2,774 households
Private rented18.6%
684 households
Social rented5%
182 households
Shared ownership1%
35 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached61%
2,241 households
Semi-detached17.9%
658 households
Terraced9.7%
357 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.3%
122 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.2%
116 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%
81 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
60 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
40 households
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.5%
1,562 households
2 cars or vans in household32.1%
1,180 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.8%
581 households
No cars or vans in household9.6%
352 households
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39%
1,433 households
4 or more bedrooms29.2%
1,074 households
2 bedrooms25.1%
922 households
1 bedroom6.7%
247 households
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.5%
2,370 households
One-person household30.4%
1,118 households
Other household types5%
185 households
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43%
1,581 households
1 person in household30.4%
1,118 households
3 people in household12.2%
449 households
4 people in household10.2%
376 households
5 people in household3.2%
116 households
6 people in household0.8%
30 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512%
964 residents
15–2911.3%
902 residents
30–4412%
964 residents
45–6430.3%
2,426 residents
65 and over34.4%
2,758 residents
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98%
7,851 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%
65 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
62 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
29 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
7 residents
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.5%
2,270 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,196 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.9%
1,111 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
676 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
502 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
184 residents aged 16 and over
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.9%
3,480 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive49%
3,419 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
73 residents aged 16 and over
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.6%
1,434 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers19.9%
1,386 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.6%
879 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.8%
824 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
728 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.5%
661 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
399 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.4%
3,559 residents
Good health33.8%
2,709 residents
Fair health16.4%
1,313 residents
Bad health4.3%
341 residents
Very bad health1.1%
91 residents
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.5%
6,375 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.5%
1,640 residents
Mevagissey & Polgooth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.8%
1,757 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.5%
1,380 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
446 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
87 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Mevagissey & Polgooth · 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.

Browse every neighbourhood in Cornwall

Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

Shared catalogue checked 2026-08-28: 88 candidate data layers listed. Catalogue presence is not publication approval; only separately approved public projections may be shown.