PL25 3EQ

St Austell Bethel & Holmbush · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Austell
Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL25 3DU 91 m
PL25 3EG 93 m
PL25 3EH 98 m
PL25 3DP 104 m
PL25 3DS 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL25 3EQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 3
Latitude
50.347510
Longitude
-4.764834
British National Grid easting
203,392
British National Grid northing
53,390

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013080
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00172805
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 036A · E01019013
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 036 · E02003961

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
39, Laura Drive, St Austell, PL25 3EQ 26 February 2026 £215,000
53, Laura Drive, St Austell, PL25 3EQ 12 December 2023 £222,500
2, Laura Drive, St Austell, PL25 3EQ 30 September 2021 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Bishop Bronescombe CofE School

    Academy converter

    337 m
  2. Sandy Hill Academy

    Academy converter

    738 m
  3. Carclaze Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    885 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,120
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 531
  • Criminal damage and arson 115
  • Anti social behaviour 112
  • Other theft 84
  • Public order 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
61

32 female, 29 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
1.9
PL25 3 residents
11,820

Age bands in PL25 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,925 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,108 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.1%

2,476 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

3,205 residents

Age 65 and over
25.6%

2,995 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL25 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    483 m

  • MIDDLEWAY SURGERY

    MIDDLEWAY, ST. BLAZEY, PAR, PL24 2JL

    ODS code L82026

    3.8 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brockstone Road

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.1 miles
  • Boscoppa Road

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.1 miles
  • Boscoppa Road

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.1 miles
  • Symons Close

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.1 miles
  • Symons Close

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 036A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,974 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £222,500 from 3 recorded sales in PL25 3EQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cornwall is £277,801 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bishop Bronescombe CofE School is the nearest published school at 337 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,120 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 531 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.