PL25 5DD

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 5ER 15 m
PL25 5PY 17 m
PL25 5PN 23 m
PL25 5AA 30 m
PL25 5PA 33 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL25 5DD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2017
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 5
Latitude
50.338304
Longitude
-4.794714
British National Grid easting
201,228
British National Grid northing
52,446

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
E00096169
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 038B · E01019034
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 038 · E02003962

Postcode source versions

Explore PL25

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
44, Fore Street, St Austell, PL25 5DD 27 April 2004 £310,000

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

    669 m
  2. Poltair School

    Academy sponsor led

    827 m
  3. Restormel Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    965 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,828
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 819
  • Anti social behaviour 214
  • Criminal damage and arson 204
  • Shoplifting 144
  • Public order 126

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    2.5 km

Nearby transport

  • White River Cinema

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles
  • White River Cinema

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles
  • Duke Street

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · St Austell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 038B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,048 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Pondhu Primary School is the nearest published school at 669 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,828 published events cover 12 months, averaging 152.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 819 events.

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