Illogan’s story
No listed buildings inside Illogan’s built-up area
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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IlloganCornwall
A village of 1,096 in Cornwall, South West.
7 places within 12 milesMap →
Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,096
Census 2021 · Cornwall council
Median home
£299K
44 sales in 3 years
Median age
43.8
23% are 65+ · Cornwall 24%
Degree level
29%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
7%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Illogan a good place to live?
Illogan 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 £299,000, 6.5 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 Illogan stand out
The 3 things Illogan does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
7% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
43% of commuters travel under 5 km.
Own outright
Housing
41% own outright
of households own their home with no mortgage (England’s towns 32%)
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
23% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
How Illogan grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Illogan is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Cost of livingrent £1,000 a monthD−Open →WalkabilityDOpen →Hazard riskAOpen →Jobs & incomeMean household income £45,578; 2.3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefitsCOpen →SafetyB+Open →SchoolsPrimary results beat 26% of towns in England; secondary results beat 60% of towns in EnglandC+Open →HealthLife expectancy 80 for men, 84.6 for womenC+Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
HistoryD−Open →Outdoors100% live within 400 m of a park; 7% of land within 5 km is National Park or National LandscapeA+Open →Civic life0 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryD−Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Carn Brea Castle and 10 more in and around Illogan
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Illogan. Best known first.
CastleCarn Brea Castle2.2 km outside town, to the southeast
Museum · National TrustEast Pool Mine700 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumKing Edward Mine3.5 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumCornish Mines and Engines700 m outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseum · National TrustMichell's Engine House900 m outside town, to the southeastTheme parkTheme parkHeartlands (playground)1.5 km outside town, to the southPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- East Pool Mine: see below, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- King Edward Mine: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Illogan.
HousingCost of living grade D−
Private renting is less common in Illogan than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 12%
For Illogan, that is below both Cornwall’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). 70% of households own their home.
£299Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Illogan£299K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £385,000 | 19 |
| Semi-detached | £270,000 | 18 |
| Terraced | £165,000 | 5 |
70%
of households own their home · England 61%
12%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,000
average private rent a month, Cornwall council area
£2,509
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
History
0 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.
Illogan has 0 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*.
0listed buildingsD−History Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II0
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
12%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
0
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
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Illogan than in Cornwall’s towns or England’s towns: 7%
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 19% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Illogan sits below both Cornwall’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (27%) on this measure. 91% of commuters drove to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving91%
On foot4%
Bus2%
Bicycle2%
19%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£46K
mean household income, before tax
2.3%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D
Walkability: more walkable than 8% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Who lives here
Few people in Illogan are 15 to 24: 6.9%, fewer than in Cornwall’s towns and England’s towns
That puts Illogan below both Cornwall’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. Illogan has a median age of 43.8.
43.8median age
IlloganCornwallEngland
Ages · share of residents
23%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications20%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar16%
Degree level29%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Illogan | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Safety
Burglary and damage are rarer in Illogan than in Cornwall’s towns or across England’s towns: 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year
On this, Illogan is below both Cornwall’s towns (7.7) and England’s towns (9.4). Police recorded 29 crimes inside Illogan’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 4 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 72% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
19.9violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearB+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 48% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual21
Public order4
Damage & arson2
Other theft1
Drugs1
Shoplifting0
Burglary0
Vehicle crime0
Anti-social4
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.
19.9
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
5.6
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
3.3
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
29
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
79% of residents say their health is good or very good
79% of Illogan’s residents described their health as good or very good in 2021, against 79% across Cornwall’s towns. 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 healthC+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2021 | Illogan | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 22% | 17% |
80
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
84.6
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Illogan
14pages on Illogan
The big questions
SafetyB+19.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingD−Median home £299K · rent £1,000 a monthHousing12 sold in 12 months · busiest street Clifton RoadSchoolsC+HealthC+Life expectancy 80 (men), 84.6 (women)Work & commuteC37% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Illogan’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Pool and IlloganTolvaddonPortreathCamborneRedruthFour LanesTroonIllogan
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illogan | 1,096 | — | — | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Pool and Illogan | 8,588 | 0.5 | D− | D | D | C |
| Tolvaddon | 1,107 | 0.8 | — | C | C+ | C+ |
| Portreath | 1,218 | 1.6 | — | D− | B− | B− |
| Camborne | 20,445 | 1.9 | D− | D | D | D |
| Redruth | 15,455 | 2 | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Four Lanes | 1,579 | 2.9 | — | D | B | C− |
| Troon | 1,402 | 3 | — | D | D | C− |
Tolvaddon, Portreath, Four Lanes and Troon have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Illogan
Who lives in Illogan?
An older village. At the 2021 Census, 23% of residents were 65 or over and 26% were 45 to 64, against 18% and 25% across England’s towns; 19% were under 15.
Does Illogan flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Is Illogan safe?
Against all UK towns, it grades B+. Burglary was rare, with 0 reports in the year.
About Illogan
Village in Cornwall, England
Illogan is a built-up area of 1,096 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
- 1,096 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Cornwall
- County
- Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
- ONS code
- E63007010
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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