Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 25 min5:10 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 3 min8:17 am – 4:20 pm
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People9,036 residentsin the Pool & Illogan Highway census areaMedian age 42.13,863 households64% of homes owner-occupied35% owned outright17% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.8% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 4,167 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 18%, construction 11%Getting to work: 18% work from home, 70% go by car, 2% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle55% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month August: highs 19°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 9°C, lows 5°C1,202 mm of rain a year, 38 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November13 days of air frost, 2 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksCarn Breamountain · under a mileHouse of Waterlake · under a mileCarn Marthmountain · 2.6 miChurch Coombevalley · 1.1 miPortreath Beachbeach · 3.3 miTolgus Mountvalley · 1.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHeartlandspark · under a mile · 4 haTuckingmill Valley Parkpark · under a mile · 13 haTreloweth Gardenspark · under a mileKing George's Fieldplaying field · 1.0 miPengegon Allotmentsallotments · 1.1 miTroon Football Clubplaying field · 1.6 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes16 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 18 Jan 201244 mi away, English ChannelMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 19 Nov 202318 mi away, Mount'S Bay, CornwallSource: 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 3.2 · PM2.5 5.1 · PM10 9.5 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband35% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,075 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation127 m417 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 94 to 224 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCamborne Redruth Community Hospital1.1 miGP surgeryCarn To Coast Health Centres10 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyTesco Instore Pharmacy8 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistCamborne Dental Practice1.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi16 schools11 primary, 2 secondary, 2 special, 1 nurserySecondaryPool Academyages 11-16, 714 pupilsunder a milePrimaryTreloweth Community Primary Schoolages 5-11, 414 pupilsunder a milePrimaryRoskear Primary & Nursery Schoolages 2-11, 404 pupils1.1 miCollegeTruro and Penwith College7.8 miUniversityFalmouth University9.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportCornwall Airport Newquay NQY19 miMajor airportCardiff International Airport CWL117 miRailway stationCamborne1.6 miBus stationBus StationCamborne1.6 miFerryPonsharden Ferry LandingPenryn8.6 miBus stops65 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the TR15 postcode district.
