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PL26 6AS

Mevagissey & St Austell Bay · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Austell
Ward
Mevagissey & St Austell Bay
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 6AB 83 m
PL26 6AN 104 m
PL26 6AL 124 m
PL25 4GE 134 m
PL26 6AT 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 6AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6
Latitude
50.328885
Longitude
-4.771087
British National Grid easting
202,870
British National Grid northing
51,336

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Mevagissey & St Austell Bay · E05013846
Parish or community
E04013081
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00182790
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 036G · E01034857
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 036 · E02003961

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rosemary, Porthpean Road, St Austell, PL26 6AS 12 August 2011 £260,000
White Walls, Porthpean Road, St. Austell, PL26 6AS 4 March 2004 £247,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
2

  1. Mount Charles School

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    944 m

  2. Penrice Academy

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    950 m

  3. Restormel Academy

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    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
932
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 419
  • Anti social behaviour 111
  • Shoplifting 90
  • Criminal damage and arson 89
  • Other theft 55

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
PL26 6 residents
4,966

Age bands in PL26 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.7%

692 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

408 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.7%

861 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

1,679 residents

Age 65 and over
33.4%

1,827 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL26 6 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
100%
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

    1.9 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

  • Duporth Turn

    BCT · Duporth

    0.0 miles

  • Duporth Turn

    BCT · Duporth

    0.1 miles

  • Bay View Road

    BCT · Duporth

    0.1 miles

  • Bay View Road

    BCT · Duporth

    0.1 miles

  • Pellymounter Road

    BCT · Duporth

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 036G, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,165 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Mount Charles School is the nearest published school at 944 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

932 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 419 events.

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