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A village of 2,299 in Cornwall, South West.
Millbrook has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 24% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £275,000, 6 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.
The 3 things Millbrook does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Millbrook is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists them inside Millbrook’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Millbrook. Best known first.
FortDrake's Island3.7 km outside town, to the east
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral4.5 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumHMS Courageous2.4 km outside town, to the northeast
CastleInce Castle4.4 km outside town, to the northwest
Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel5 km outside town, to the east
Historic houseMount Edgcumbe House2.1 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Millbrook.
Degrees are held by 38% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.9%, below both Cornwall’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Residents of Millbrook have a median age of 51.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Millbrook | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: 30% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 39.4. Millbrook CofE Primary School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. Its one school is below. At the 6 primary schools within 3 km, 62% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 90 | A+ |
Households that own their home make up 67%. The median sale, £275,000, comes from 73 standard sales inside Millbrook’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £1,000 a month across the Cornwall council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £285,000 | 18 |
| Terraced | £230,000 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Household income came to £53K a year before tax, about level with England’s towns (£55K) and above Cornwall’s towns (£45K). Jobs per working resident: 0.3. About 15% of its commuters stay in Millbrook for work. The car carried 71% of commuters at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Millbrook counts 15 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade II*. The national list protects one ancient monument in the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Seeing a GP means leaving Millbrook: the nearest practice is 2 miles away. At the census, 78% of people in Millbrook called their health good or very good, near Cornwall’s towns (79%) and lower than England’s towns (82%). The nearest A&E to Millbrook is Derriford Hospital, 6.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Millbrook | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.5% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Violence and sexual offences made up nearly two thirds of the total. 85 crimes and 3 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Millbrook’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. There were 6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both Cornwall’s towns (6.9) and England’s towns (7.8).
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.
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.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook | 2,299 | — | — | D− | B− | B− |
| Torpoint | 7,163 | 1.9 | C− | C− | C | C |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 4.2 | C− | D | C+ | C+ |
| Plymouth | 266,970 | 4.9 | C | C+ | D | C− |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 6.1 | — | D | A+ | B+ |
| Wembury | 1,828 | 6.4 | — | C− | A+ | A+ |
| Sherford | 1,311 | 7.2 | — | C+ | D− | A− |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 9.2 | — | B− | B | B |
Landrake, Wembury, Sherford and Bere Alston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.7 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
GCSE results trail 91% of towns in England, and primary results beat 51% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cornwall council.
Village in Cornwall, England
Millbrook is a built-up area of 2,299 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
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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