Property market
The five-year median is £250,000 from 2,270 recorded sales in PL26. 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.
PL26
UK postcode district
Part of St Austell
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 987
- Current units
- 891
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 96
Postcode sectors in PL26
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
15,055 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Lower Molinnis, Molinnis, St Austell, PL26 8QS | 29 July 2026 | £176,000 |
| 18, Roche Road, Stenalees, St Austell, PL26 8SY | 24 July 2026 | £245,000 |
| 38, Barton Road, Central Treviscoe, St Austell, PL26 7PT | 23 July 2026 | £150,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,676
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 882
- Criminal damage and arson 220
- Anti social behaviour 155
- Other theft 107
- Public order 106
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- PL26 usual residents
- 28,257
- Age-profile population
- 28,538
Age bands in PL26
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- 4,560 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- 2,697 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.3%
- 6,072 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29%
- 8,288 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 24.3%
- 6,921 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 878 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 71.3%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 66.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 56.2%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 653 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 314 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 33 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
BRANNEL SURGERY
58 RECTORY ROAD, ST STEPHEN, ST AUSTELL, PL26 7RL
ODS code L82011
CLAYS PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, ROCHE, ST. AUSTELL, PL26 8JF
ODS code L82051
MEVAGISSEY SURGERY
RIVER STREET, MEVAGISSEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL26 6UE
ODS code L82025
Evidence in context
Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,676 published events cover 12 months, averaging 140 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 882 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.