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A village of 1,830 in Cornwall, South West.
St Just 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 jobs & income (D−): mean household income £45,309; 4.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £245,000 in the last three years, 5.3 times what households in the Cornwall council area earn in a year.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things St Just 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 St Just is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 21 buildings inside St Just’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 3 scheduled monuments.
56% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in St Just.
12% are under 15, below Cornwall’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Line up the people of St Just by age and the one in the middle is 53.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
| St Just | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 32.7, with 18% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Below are its two schools. 62% of pupils at the 2 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Just Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 163 | B− |
| Cape Cornwall SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 302 | D− |
71 standard sales inside St Just’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £245,000. Private rents average £1,000 a month across the Cornwall council area. Social housing holds 17% of households, above Cornwall’s towns (15%) and close to England’s towns (18%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £395,000 | 11 |
| Semi-detached | £270,000 | 9 |
| Terraced | £230,000 | 47 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · 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. It is part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. Also worth knowing: of St Just’s land, 50% lies in conservation areas, above Cornwall’s towns (0%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. This Cornwall town has 21 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
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.
75% of commuters drove, below Cornwall’s towns (78%) but above England’s towns (70%). Working from home was the norm for 19% of workers at the census. Of the commuters living in St Just, 20% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 0.6.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Violence comes to 27.8 per 1,000 residents a year. 75 crimes and 9 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside St Just’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Homes saw 10.3 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, about level with England’s towns (9.4) and above Cornwall’s towns (7.6).
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
At the census, 8.1% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, above Cornwall’s towns (6.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%) alike. Disability touches 26% of St Just’s population. The nearest A&E to St Just is Royal Cornwall Hospital, 28 miles away.
| Census 2021 | St Just | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 73% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.1% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 26% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near St Just. Best known first.
Museum · National TrustLevant Mine2.7 km outside town, to the north
FortChûn Castle4.1 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumGeevor Tin Mine2.8 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumHard Rock Museum2.9 km outside town, to the northArt galleryArt galleryThe Roundhouse and Capstan Gallery4.8 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionBotallack Mines1.4 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
6 notable people were born in St Just.
Charles Luke: Unknown photographer, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Just | 1,830 | — | — | D | C+ | B− |
| Newlyn | 3,362 | 5.9 | D | D− | C+ | C |
| Penzance | 14,957 | 6.2 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Longrock | 1,983 | 7 | — | D− | C− | C |
| Crowlas | 1,054 | 9.2 | — | D | A− | B− |
| Marazion | 1,350 | 9.5 | — | D− | C+ | C |
| St Ives | 5,413 | 10 | D− | D− | D | C |
| Carbis Bay | 3,967 | 11 | C+ | D− | A− | B |
Longrock, Crowlas and Marazion have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.7 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 3 scheduled monuments. Part of it is in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.
Police recorded 75 crimes inside St Just’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 61% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking. Burglary was rare, with 0 reports in the year.
St Just has 2 state schools; places are handled by Cornwall council.
Village in Cornwall, England
St Just is a built-up area of 1,830 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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