Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Housing costs in Perran Downs
What Perran Downs’s housing numbers say
Rents have risen more slowly than across England
The average rent in the Cornwall council area went up 1.8% in the year to August 2026, against 4% across England. Over five years it rose 28% (England 35%). Renting ↓
Written from the data on this page: HM Land Registry sales since 1995, ONS private rents and household income, and council tax from MHCLG and the Welsh Government.
A two-bedroom rents for about £880 a month
The average private rent in the Cornwall council area is £1,000 a month (August 2026): £459 less than England’s, £245 less than South West’s.
By size a month, the tick is England
ONS Price Index of Private Rents: the mean rent of all private tenancies, new and existing (not asking rents), for the whole Cornwall council area. It’s the smallest area the ONS publishes.
Band D is £2,433 for 2026–27
Perran Downs’s bill is the Cornwall council’s share with the county or combined authority, police and fire shares, plus the parish or town council precept of about £44 a year. England’s average Band D is £2,392. Since 2009–10, Cornwall’s average Band D has risen from £1,411: 84% in 17 years.
| Band value in 1991 | A year | A month |
|---|---|---|
| Band A up to £40,000 | £1,622 | £162 |
| Band B £40,001–52,000 | £1,892 | £189 |
| Band C £52,001–68,000 | £2,163 | £216 |
| Band D £68,001–88,000 | £2,433 | £243 |
| Band E £88,001–120,000 | £2,974 | £297 |
| Band F £120,001–160,000 | £3,515 | £351 |
| Band G £160,001–320,000 | £4,055 | £406 |
| Band H over £320,000 | £4,866 | £487 |
Your band comes from what your home would have sold for in April 1991, set by the Valuation Office Agency; look it up on GOV.UK. Each band pays a fixed fraction of Band D, from six ninths (A) to two (H). Living alone takes 25% off.
90% of households own their home; 9% rent privately
Census 2021, all households. More households own outright than across Cornwall’s towns (68% against 39%).
Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Sale prices aren’t valuations. A median is the middle sale, so a year with more flats or new builds moves it even if no home changed in value. The ONS House Price Index adjusts for the mix; it is published by council, not for Perran Downs’s built-up area.
- Rent is for the whole council. The ONS publishes private rents by council only, so the figure covers the whole Cornwall council area, not just Perran Downs.
- Income is a mean. The grade divides costs by the ONS’s mean household income for the council area (£45,985), which a few high earners pull up; the median household’s is lower.
- The newest months are thin. Land Registry registers a sale weeks or months after completion, so the year to August 2026 will gain sales as registrations catch up.
Questions about living costs in Perran Downs
How much is rent in Perran Downs?
The ONS puts the average private rent in the Cornwall council area at £1,000 a month in August 2026: £688 for one bedroom, £880 for two, £1,077 for three and £1,502 for four or more. Rents held flat over the year, against 4% across England.
How much is council tax in Perran Downs?
Band D is £2,433 for 2026–27, against England’s average of £2,392. Band A is £1,622 and Band C £2,163. Your bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since 1995 (years to August), by council ward and postcode district · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, monthly since January 2015 (councils, regions, England and Wales) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · MHCLG Band D council tax by council, 1993–94 to 2026–27; Welsh Government council tax levels 2026–27 · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · 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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