Is Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Buying in is costly (D): homes sell for a median £255,000, about 5.5 times local household income. With a C overall, Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel is better than 34% of UK towns. That places it #7 of 35 in Cornwall. Hazard risk is low (A). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety, B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy, ONS.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel.
HousingCost of living grade D
Few households rent privately in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel: 13%, fewer than in Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
£255Kmedian sale
Households that own their home make up 73%. Private rents average £1,000 a month across the Cornwall council area. 169 standard sales inside Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £255,000.
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel£255K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£320,000
68
Semi-detached
£230,000
45
Terraced
£218,250
50
Flat or maisonette
£119,500
6
73%
of households own their home · England 61%
13%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,000
average private rent a month, Cornwall council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
SchoolsB
On exam results, Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel’s schools beat 59% of towns in England
BSchool Grade
At the 4 primary schools within 3 km, 63% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Some 161 pupils attend Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel’s two primaries.
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 2 schools →
Who lives here
An older town: 27% of people in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel are 65 or over, more than in Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns
50.5median age
Children under 15 make up 15% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% of the town, lower than both Cornwall’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Line up the people of Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel by age and the one in the middle is 50.5.
Gunnislake and St Ann's ChapelCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications17%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar20%
Degree level31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenEnglandMen
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Ages and qualifications in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
History
Old homes shape Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel: 40% were built before 1919, more than in Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns
17listed buildingsB+History Grade
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Every one of Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel’s 17 listed buildings sits at Grade II, the most common listing. It is part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. One scheduled monument lies here.
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II17
1
scheduled monument
0
registered parks and gardens
40%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
48
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C−
Under 5 km to work: 16% in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel, fewer than in Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns
10%walk, cycle or ride
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.
The car carried 86% of commuters at the census. At the census, 10% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Cornwall’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (27%) alike. About 7% of its commuters stay in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel for work. Average household income comes to £46K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Safety
Homes in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel see less burglary and damage than in Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns: 6.4 per 1,000 a year
20.7violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearBSafety Grade
Violence and sexual offences accounted for three fifths of recorded crime. Reported offences in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel came to 123 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 9. Violent crime ran at 20.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below Cornwall’s towns (25.1) and England’s towns (22) alike.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 69% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: less crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual74
Damage & arson13
Other theft13
Public order8
Other crime5
Vehicle crime4
Burglary3
Weapons2
Anti-social9
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.
20.7
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
6.4
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
4.2
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Health
In Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel, 78% say their health is good or very good
78%good or very good healthB−Health Grade
22% of residents have a disability, close to Cornwall’s towns (22%) and above England’s towns (17%). Seeing a GP means leaving Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel: the nearest practice is 3.6 miles away. The nearest A&E to Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel is Derriford Hospital, 8.7 miles away.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel
Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel is a built-up area of 3,506 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.
Bere Alston, Kelly Bray, Horrabridge, Yelverton and Landrake have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel
How many listed buildings are there in Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel?
That is 2 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument. Part of it is in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.
Does Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
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.
