St Austell
St Austell is covered by postcode districts PL25 and PL26. It is in the Cornwall council area, England.
Every postcode in St Austell, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 18
- At medium risk at worst: 7
- At low risk at worst: 15
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 639
Of the 680 postcodes in St Austell that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 15 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 639 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.3413, longitude -4.7800. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
18 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in St Austell?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 339 of the 631 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 680 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is St Austell, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in St Austell?
Homes in St Austell sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 299 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £245,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £240,000
▼ down 2% on the 12 months before
Across the whole PL25 district, St Austell's main postcode district: a typical £250,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in St Austell: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in St Austell?
51 of the 680 postcodes now in use in St Austell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 346 homes sold in St Austell were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL25 district, 11%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In St Austell | Across the PL25 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 6 of 299 (2%) | 13 of 347 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 14 of 346 (4%) | 47 of 427 (11%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in St Austell?
Ofcom reports on 631 of the 680 postcodes in St Austell. At 339 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is St Austell at risk of flooding?
41 of the 680 postcodes in St Austell have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 165 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in St Austell?
The open schools at the postcodes in St Austell. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Restormel Academy250 m 35 pupils, 42 places
- Sandy Hill Academy600 m 455 pupils, 252 places
- Mount Charles School650 m 333 pupils, 446 places
- Carclaze Community Primary School1.0 km 377 pupils, 420 places
- Bishop Bronescombe CofE School1.4 km 267 pupils, 315 places
- Pondhu Primary School1.7 km 187 pupils, 240 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from St Austell?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in St Austell is St Austell Rail Station, 700 m away in a straight line.
- St Austell Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Par Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Luxulyan Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in St Austell?
The GP practices at the postcodes in St Austell. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- St Austell Health Group1.4 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is St Austell safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,420 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in St Austell over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 165 September 2025
- 243 October 2025
- 236 November 2025
- 167 December 2025
- 157 January 2026
- 173 February 2026
- 202 March 2026
- 201 April 2026
- 209 May 2026
- 199 June 2026
- 263 July 2026
- 205 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 56, vehicle crime 40, possession of weapons 35, robbery 22, theft from the person 19, bicycle theft 3.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs St Austell?
- Council
- Cornwall
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Austell and Newquay
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Noah Law (Labour)
All 680 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to St Austell
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cornwall about council tax Council tax, on cornwall.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in St Austell
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
St Austell postcodes
680 postcodes in use in St Austell, by district:
Those districts are all in the PL postcode area.
Check a St Austell postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near St Austell
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside St Austell's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about St Austell
- What is it like to live in St Austell?
- Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 339 of the 631 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 680 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is St Austell, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for St Austell?
- St Austell is covered by postcode districts PL25 and PL26, across 680 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is St Austell in?
- St Austell is in the Cornwall council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for St Austell?
- St Austell is in the St Austell and Newquay parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Noah Law (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in St Austell?
- Homes in St Austell sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 299 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in St Austell?
- In St Austell, primary schools at its postcodes include Restormel Academy, Sandy Hill Academy and Mount Charles School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Restormel Academy, Poltair School and Penrice Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does St Austell have a railway station?
- Yes: St Austell is 700 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in St Austell, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in St Austell?
- Ofcom reports on 631 of the 680 postcodes in St Austell. At 339 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is St Austell at risk of flooding?
- 41 of the 680 postcodes in St Austell have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 165 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in St Austell?
- 51 of the 680 postcodes now in use in St Austell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 346 homes sold in St Austell were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL25 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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