Connor Downs’s story
2 listed buildings
Historic England lists them inside Connor Downs’ built-up area.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Connor DownsCornwall
A village of 1,482 in Cornwall, South West.
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Photo: Elizabeth Scott · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,482
Census 2021 · Cornwall council
Median home
£280K
49 sales in 3 years
Median age
46.6
26% are 65+ · Cornwall 24%
Degree level
29%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
11%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Connor Downs a good place to live?
Connor Downs has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £280,000, 6.1 years of area income; rent £1,000 a month.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
What makes Connor Downs stand out
The 3 things Connor Downs does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
11% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
26% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
Own outright
Housing
44% own outright
of households own their home with no mortgage (England’s towns 32%)
How Connor Downs grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Connor Downs is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Cost of livingrent £1,000 a monthD−Open →Jobs & incomeMean household income £44,055; 3.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefitsDOpen →Hazard riskAOpen →SchoolsPrimary results beat 36% of towns in England; secondary results beat 21% of towns in EnglandC−Open →SafetyCOpen →HealthLife expectancy 79.2 for men, 82.9 for womenCOpen →WalkabilityCOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History2 listed buildingsC−Open →Outdoors79% live within 400 m of a park; 8% of land within 5 km is National Park or National LandscapeCOpen →Civic life2.7 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryC+Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Connor Downs.
HousingCost of living grade D−
Private renting is less common in Connor Downs than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 13%
In the comparison, Connor Downs comes below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). 68% of households own their home.
£280Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Connor Downs£280K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £400,000 | 23 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 13 |
| Terraced | £239,975 | 12 |
68%
of households own their home · England 61%
13%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,000
average private rent a month, Cornwall council area
£2,489
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
SchoolsC−
Results at Connor Downs’s schools trail 76% of towns in England
Connor Downs Academy’s results beat 79% of schools in England like it. Its one school is below.
C−School Grade
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Downs AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 168 | A− |
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
Who lives here
Connor Downs skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns
For Connor Downs, that is above both Cornwall’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (18%). 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The median resident of Connor Downs is 46.6 years old.
46.6median age
Connor DownsCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
26%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar19%
Degree level29%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Connor Downs | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
History
2 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Connor Downs has 2 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 20% of its homes were built before 1919.
2listed buildingsC−History Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II2
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
20%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
13
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Safety
Connor Downs records more violent crime per resident than Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns, at 36.6 per 1,000 a year
Connor Downs sits above both Cornwall’s towns (25) and England’s towns (22) on this measure. Police recorded 110 crimes inside Connor Downs’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 11 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 82% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
36.6violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 15% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual90
Damage & arson11
Public order3
Other theft2
Weapons2
Burglary1
Other crime1
Shoplifting0
Anti-social11
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
36.6
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
6.1
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
6.9
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
110
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Health
More people in Connor Downs say their health is bad than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 7.1%
That puts Connor Downs above both Cornwall’s towns (6.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Connor Downs has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.2 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
79%good or very good healthCHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 7%
| Census 2021 | Connor Downs | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.1% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 22% | 17% |
79.2
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
82.9
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
Only 11% of commuters in Connor Downs go to work without a car, fewer than in Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
On this, Connor Downs is below both Cornwall’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (27%). For 29% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
11%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving86%
On foot7%
Bus2%
Bicycle1%
29%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
25%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£44K
mean household income, before tax
3.7%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
C
Walkability: more walkable than 34% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Connor Downs
14pages on Connor Downs
The big questions
SafetyC36.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingD−Median home £280K · rent £1,000 a monthHousing21 sold in 12 months · busiest street Connor HillSchoolsC−1 state schoolHealthCLife expectancy 79.2 (men), 82.9 (women)Work & commuteD46% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Connor Downs’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
ReawlaHayleCamborneSt ErthTroonTolvaddonCarbis BayConnor Downs
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Downs | 1,482 | — | — | D− | C | C |
| Reawla | 1,117 | 1.7 | — | D | B+ | C |
| Hayle | 9,040 | 2.1 | D− | D− | C− | C |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 3.5 | D− | D | D | D |
| St Erth | 1,128 | 3.7 | — | D− | C | C+ |
| Troon | 1,402 | 4.1 | — | D | D | C− |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 4.2 | — | C | C+ | C+ |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 4.5 | C+ | D− | A− | B |
Reawla, St Erth, Troon and Tolvaddon have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Connor Downs
Is Connor Downs safe?
Burglary was rare, with 1 report in the year.
Are schools in Connor Downs good?
GCSE results trail 79% of towns in England, and primary results trail 64% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cornwall council.
About Connor Downs
Village in Cornwall, England
Connor Downs is a built-up area of 1,482 people, in the Cornwall council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 1,482 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Cornwall
- County
- Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km²)
- ONS code
- E63007028
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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