ONS Census 2021, TS061 (method of travel) and TS058 (distance, straight line from home to workplace), output areas summed. Census day fell in the third lockdown, so fewer people travelled than usual.

How residents who travel to work get there, and how far they go (Census 2021, not counting those working mainly at home).

Benefits over time

Jobless claims in the Cornwall council area are below England and Wales’ rate

Cornwall (council area)South WestEngland and Wales

Cornwall’s rate was about 2.2% in 2019, peaked at 6.5% in May 2020 and has averaged 3.1% in 2026, against 4% across England and Wales. Claims everywhere stay higher than before the pandemic, partly because Universal Credit counts more people on low pay as looking for work.

Claimant rate

2.2%

of 16 to 64s in the built-up area, January to August 2026

7 people in August 2026 · typical UK town 2.7%

Employment deprivation

9.9%

of 18 to 66s out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring

IoD 2025

Income deprivation

15%

of residents in low-income households on means-tested benefits

In the most deprived tenth

of residents live in England’s most employment-deprived 10% of areas

The chart is the whole council area of Cornwall, which Nomis publishes monthly; the figures above the line are for St Tudy’s built-up area. Claimant count: people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, or Universal Credit while required to look for work. Employment deprivation counts people out of work on Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Carer’s Allowance or the Universal Credit equivalents (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). The “most deprived tenth” compares areas within England only.

Claimant rate since 2015: people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work, as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 (DWP, via Nomis).

The daily tide

St Tudy is quieter on a working day than at night

270 residents were in work at the 2021 Census; 229 people worked in St Tudy.

Live in St Tudy270 in work

11013147

Work in St Tudy229 people

7413142

Commute in · 74Commute out · 110Live and work here · 13At home or no fixed place · 142

The middle of each bar is the same people: residents who work in the village or from home.

On the map

Most of St Tudy’s commuters who leave work in Bodmin and the places around

Grey dots: where people live (Census 2021). Places drawn centre to centre; flows under 5 people are listed, not drawn.

Where St Tudy’s workers live

Where residents work, outside St Tudy

Countryside31
Bodmin17
Wadebridge9
Truro4
St Austell4
Newquay4
Rock4
Plymouth3
Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road3
Liskeard3

89% of residents who travel to a workplace work outside St Tudy; Bodmin takes the most (17). Coming the other way, Bodmin sends the most (13).

The ten places that send the most workers into St Tudy, and the ten where its residents most often work (Census 2021, by home and workplace). Line width is the number of people.

Jobs based here

123 jobs, 31% in hotels, pubs and restaurants

Share of jobs by industry England’s towns

Hotels, pubs and restaurants31%

Arts, leisure and other services12%

Construction10%

Health and social care10%

Retail6%

Manufacturing5%

Education5%

Business administration and support5%

Property4%

Professional, scientific and technical3%

BRES counts jobs, not people (a part-time job and a second job count once each), so it runs above the Census count of people working here (229). Small areas are shared out to the town by where their Census 2021 workers were based; kinds of work are BRES industry divisions (SIC 2007), rounded. England’s towns: all jobs in its built-up areas.

Jobs at workplaces in St Tudy (employees and working owners, ONS Business Register and Employment Survey 2024).

Household income

How much households earn in St Tudy: £45,153

Higher than 25% of UK towns of 2,500+; the typical town is £52,385. The whole council area of Cornwall averages £45,985.

St Tudy £45KTypical UK town £52K

£40K£45K£50K£55K£60K

The town figure is ONS’s neighbourhood (MSOA) estimates shared out by where the town’s residents live.

Total household income before tax, mean, year to March 2023 (ONS small-area estimates).

What residents do

39% of adults in St Tudy are retired

St Tudy

46%39%

England’s towns

56%21%

In workStudents in workUnemployedStudentsRetiredLong-term sick or disabledLooking after home or familyOther

Residents in work, by occupation points above or below England’s towns

Managers, directors and senior officials13%+0.2

Professional occupations17%−3.6

Associate professional and technical occupations12%−1.3

Administrative and secretarial occupations8%−0.9

Skilled trades occupations18%+8.2

Caring, leisure and other service occupations10%+0.8

Sales and customer service occupations6%−1.4

Process, plant and machine operatives3%−4.1

Elementary occupations13%+2.1

ONS Census 2021, tables TS066 (economic activity) and TS063 (occupation), output areas summed to the built-up area. England’s towns: everyone living in its built-up areas.

Everyone 16 and over, by what they were doing the week before the 2021 Census, and the jobs of those in work.

Neighbours

Jobs and income in the places around St Tudy

Town	People	Jobs	Work in own town	Claimants	Grade
St Tudy	679	123	11%	2.2%	—
Delabole	1,779	272	11%	3.6%	D⁻
Egloshayle	1,185	129	0%	2.7%	C
Camelford	2,983	1,197	23%	5.1%	D⁻
Wadebridge	5,626	2,396	25%	2.8%	C⁻
Bodmin	16,904	10,815	45%	4.3%	D
Rock	1,156	970	30%	3.2%	D
Padstow	2,351	1,912	45%	3%	D

Jobs based in each place, commuters who stay in their own town, and the claimant rate.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The Census was taken in lockdown. Census day was 21 March 2021, during the third national lockdown: many people were furloughed or working from home, so fewer travelled to work, and journeys were shorter, than before the pandemic or since. The flows on this page show where people worked that spring.
At home and no fixed place are one figure. In the workplace flows, ONS puts people who mainly worked at home and people with no fixed workplace (drivers, builders, care workers on rounds) at their home address, so the two can’t be told apart there.
Towns are built-up areas. St Tudy here is ONS’s built-up area: the town as built, not its council district. A workplace on an estate or farm outside every built-up area counts as “outside any built-up area”.
Jobs are counted where they are. BRES counts jobs at each workplace (employees and working owners, rounded by ONS), so a town with a hospital, university or big employer can have more jobs than working residents. Small areas are shared out to towns by where their Census workers were based.
The benefits chart is the council area. Nomis publishes the claimant count monthly for councils back to 2013, so the line is Cornwall as a whole; the claimant rate elsewhere on this page is St Tudy’s built-up area, from small areas.

Questions about work in St Tudy

Where do people in St Tudy work?

At the 2021 Census, 11% of St Tudy’s residents who travelled to work worked in the village itself; the most common other places were Bodmin (17), Wadebridge (9) and Truro (4). 53% of working residents worked mainly at home or had no fixed workplace; the Census was taken in lockdown, so home working was unusually high.

How many people commute into St Tudy?

74 people who lived elsewhere worked in St Tudy at the 2021 Census, 32% of its 229 workers. The most came from Bodmin (13), St Teath (6) and Camelford (5). 110 residents travelled out the other way.

How many jobs are there in St Tudy?

About 120 jobs (employees and working owners) were based in St Tudy in 2024, on ONS’s Business Register and Employment Survey: 0.5 for every resident in work, against 0.7 in the typical UK town.

How do people in St Tudy get to work?

89% of commuters go by car or van, 8% walk, 1% cycle and 0% take the bus or train; 14% travel under 5 km. Census 2021, taken during lockdown.

What is the average household income in St Tudy?

Mean household income before tax was £45,153 in the year to March 2023 (ONS), against £52,385 in the typical UK town.

Sources: ONS Census 2021 origin-destination data, place of work (ODWP01EW), output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · ONS Census 2021 tables TS058 (distance), TS061 (method of travel), TS063 (occupation) and TS066 (economic activity) · ONS Business Register and Employment Survey via Nomis (open access), by industry division · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023); House of Commons Library MSOA names · DWP claimant count via Nomis (towns January to August 2026; councils, regions and England and Wales monthly since January 2015) · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · DfT Transport Connectivity Metric (employment) · 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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