PL25 3LJ

St Austell Bethel & Holmbush · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL25 3LL 54 m
PL25 3JU 117 m
PL25 3LY 118 m
PL25 3BJ 141 m
PL25 3PP 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL25 3LJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 3
Latitude
50.340082
Longitude
-4.758695
British National Grid easting
203,798
British National Grid northing
52,548

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
E00096225
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 039E · E01019044
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 039 · E02003963

Postcode source versions

Explore PL25

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Charlestown Primary School

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    427 m
  2. Penrice Academy

    Academy converter

    817 m
  3. Bishop Bronescombe CofE School

    Academy converter

    826 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,045
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 478
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Criminal damage and arson 103
  • Shoplifting 80
  • Other theft 75

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

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

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    481 m

  • MIDDLEWAY SURGERY

    MIDDLEWAY, ST. BLAZEY, PAR, PL24 2JL

    ODS code L82026

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Holmbush Inn

    BCT · Holmbush

    0.0 miles
  • Holmbush Inn

    BCT · Holmbush

    0.1 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Holmbush

    0.1 miles
  • Lidl

    BCT · Holmbush

    0.1 miles
  • Lidl

    BCT · Holmbush

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 039E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,782 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Charlestown Primary School is the nearest published school at 427 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,045 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 478 events.

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