PL25 5AY

St Austell Central & Gover · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL25 5DQ 47 m
PL25 5AU 51 m
PL25 5PH 51 m
PL25 5YY 64 m
PL25 5BJ 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL25 5AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 5
Latitude
50.337316
Longitude
-4.792787
British National Grid easting
201,361
British National Grid northing
52,331

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
E00182808
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 039A · E01019033
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 039 · E02003963

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
China Court, 14, South Street, St Austell, PL25 5AY 20 August 2019 £119,500
China Court, 7, South Street, St Austell, PL25 5AY 14 August 2019 £87,650
China Court, 8, South Street, St Austell, PL25 5AY 4 January 2019 £103,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Pondhu Primary School

    Academy converter

    667 m
  2. Poltair School

    Academy sponsor led

    837 m
  3. Restormel Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    846 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,889
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 852
  • Anti social behaviour 222
  • Criminal damage and arson 207
  • Shoplifting 144
  • Public order 130

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

13 female, 10 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.8
PL25 5 residents
6,346

Age bands in PL25 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

947 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

616 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

1,337 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,819 residents

Age 65 and over
23.5%

1,447 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL25 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
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

1

within 5 km

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    2.4 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

  • South Street

    BCT · St Austell

    0.0 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · St Austell

    0.0 miles
  • Duke Street

    BCT · St Austell

    0.0 miles
  • White River Cinema

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles
  • White River Cinema

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 039A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,609 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
14
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.

Schools

Published establishments

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Pondhu Primary School is the nearest published school at 667 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,889 published events cover 12 months, averaging 157.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 852 events.

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