Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 24 min5:12 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 3 min8:19 am – 4:22 pm
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People5,395 residentsin the St Just & Land's End census areaMedian age 53.12,522 households68% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright13% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate53% of adults are economically active, 2,345 in work, 32% retiredMain industries: health and social work 14%, retail and wholesale 13%, construction 11%Getting to work: 28% work from home, 59% go by car, 1% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle41% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages35% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month August: average 16°CColdest month February: average 7°C1,072 mm of rain a year, 31 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December6 days of air frost, no summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid
Nearby landmarksCarn Vresmountain · 1.2 miCarn Gloosemountain · 1.3 miPorth Leddenbay · 1.1 miBotallack Headheadland · under a mileRoscommon Cliffcliffs · under a mileKenidjack Cliffcliffs · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCape Cornwall Golf and Country Clubgolf course · under a mile · 29 haCarnyorth Adventure Centresports ground · under a mileBosworlas Allotmentsallotments · 1.7 miMayon Greenpark · 3.9 mi · 14 haEscalls Greenpark · 3.9 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes15 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 18 Jan 201249 mi away, English ChannelMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 29 Nov 202332 mi away, Celtic SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 1.9 · PM2.5 4.7 · PM10 9.1 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband55% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,970 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation108 m354 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -2 to 164 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalPoltair Hospital5.5 miGP surgeryCape Cornwall Surgery2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy1.0 miDentistThe Bay Dental Practice6.4 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools2 primary, 1 secondarySecondaryCape Cornwall Schoolages 11-16, 302 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Just Primary Schoolages 5-11, 163 pupilsunder a milePrimaryPendeen Schoolages 5-11, 79 pupils1.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLand's End Airport LEQ2.4 miMajor airportCardiff International Airport CWL134 miRailway stationPenzance6.8 miBus stationBus StationPenzance6.8 miFerryPenzance Ferry Terminal7.0 miBus stops27 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the TR19 postcode district.
