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PL25 5QL

St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St. Austell
Ward
St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL25 5QW 22 m
PL25 5QG 48 m
PL25 5QQ 62 m
PL25 5QJ 97 m
PL25 5QN 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL25 5QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 5
Latitude
50.341574
Longitude
-4.793782
British National Grid easting
201,308
British National Grid northing
52,807

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles · E05013836
Parish or community
E04013080
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096243
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 038D · E01019047
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 038 · E02003962

Postcode source versions

Explore PL25

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Medland Gardens, St. Austell, PL25 5QL 21 July 2000 £58,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2

  1. Poltair School

    Academy sponsor led

    547 m

  2. Cornwall College

    Further education

    827 m

  3. Restormel Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    939 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 845
  • Anti social behaviour 220
  • Criminal damage and arson 211
  • Shoplifting 144
  • Public order 127

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
0.5
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% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL25 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

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+
60%
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%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    2.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

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

Nearby transport

  • Bus Station

    BCS · St Austell

    0.2 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · St Austell

    0.2 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · St Austell

    0.2 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · St Austell

    0.2 miles

  • St Austell Rail Station

    RSE · St Austell

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 038D, 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

7,781 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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
0
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

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Poltair School is the nearest published school at 547 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,889 published events cover 12 months, averaging 157.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 845 events.

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