TR16 4QU

Illogan & Portreath · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Redruth
Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
TR16
Postcode sector
TR16 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TR16 4FU 247 m
TR16 4EX 292 m
TR16 4JH 309 m
TR16 4EE 311 m
TR16 4EU 358 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TR16 4QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TR
Postcode district
TR16
Postcode sector
TR16 4
Latitude
50.247654
Longitude
-5.257199
British National Grid easting
167,883
British National Grid northing
43,708

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011448
Westminster constituency
Camborne and Redruth · E14001148
Output area
E00095385
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 045A · E01018889
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 045 · E02003918

Postcode source versions

Explore TR16

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Whitfield Farm, Illogan, Redruth, TR16 4QU 14 December 2007 £350,000
3, Whitfield Cottages, Illogan, Redruth, TR16 4QU 20 May 1996 £55,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Illogan School

    Academy converter

    968 m
  2. Treloweth Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Redruth School

    Foundation school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
336
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 178
  • Criminal damage and arson 37
  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Other theft 22
  • Vehicle crime 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
TR16 4 residents
5,675

Age bands in TR16 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

906 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

501 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

1,263 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

1,804 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

1,573 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TR16 4 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+
0%
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

3

within 5 km

  • HARRIS MEMORIAL SURGERY

    ROBARTES TERRACE, ILLOGAN, REDRUTH, TR16 4RX

    ODS code L82620

    718 m

  • LEATSIDE HEALTH CENTRE

    FORTH NOWETH, REDRUTH, TR15 1AU

    ODS code L82042

    2.3 km

  • CARN TO COAST HEALTH CENTRES

    POOL HEALTH CENTRE, STATION ROAD, POOL, REDRUTH, TR15 3DU

    ODS code L82041

    2.5 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

  • Merrits Hill

    BCT · Illogan

    0.2 miles
  • Merrits Hill

    BCT · Illogan

    0.2 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Vogue Beloth

    0.2 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Vogue Beloth

    0.2 miles
  • Little Tehidy Cottage

    BCT · Sparnon Gate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 045A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,031 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
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

16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Illogan School is the nearest published school at 968 m.

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

Recorded crime

336 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 178 events.

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