Socio-economic statistics for St Martin-in-Meneage, Cornwall

If you are thinking of moving to St Martin-in-Meneage or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare St Martin-in-Meneage to figures for Cornwall and nationally. These statistics can tell you if St Martin-in-Meneage is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.

St Martin-in-Meneage Benefits & Unemployment Statistics

These figures on the claiming of benefits in St Martin-in-Meneage come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and possible indicator of how hard it would be to get employment in the area.

Benefit	Cornwall	England
Jobseekers Allowance (only)	2.3%	3.3%
Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA)	2.6%	2.4%
Any Benefit (includes in work benefits)	14%	13.5%

St Martin-in-Meneage Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics

Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. St Martin-in-Meneage has 20% less Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.

Grade	Cornwall	England
AB	18.33%	22.96%
C1	28.65%	30.92%
C2	27.23%	20.64%
DE	25.79%	25.49%

St Martin-in-Meneage Property Ownership & Rental Statistics

Tenure	Cornwall	England
Owned	40%	30.6%
Mortgage	28.8%	32.8%
Shared	0.8%	0.8%
Social Rented (Council)	5.6%	9.4%
Social Rented (Housing Assoc)	6.4%	8.3%
Private Rented	14.7%	15.4%
Other	2%	1.4%
Rent Free	1.7%	1.3%

St Martin-in-Meneage General Health Statistics

The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for St Martin-in-Meneage. The percentage of residents in St Martin-in-Meneage rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in St Martin-in-Meneage rating their health as 'very bad' is more than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of St Martin-in-Meneage is generally worse than in the average person in England.

Health	Cornwall	England
Very Good	45.23%	47.17%
Good	33.59%	34.22%
Fair	14.88%	13.12%
Bad	4.87%	4.25%
Very Bad	1.43%	1.25%

St Martin-in-Meneage Immigration Statistics

These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of St Martin-in-Meneage are from the UK Census of 2011. Since St Martin-in-Meneage has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.

Country	Cornwall	England
United Kingdom	95.6%	86.2%
Rebublic of Ireland	0.3%	0.7%
Other EU Countries	1.8%	3.7%
Outside the EU	2.4%	9.4%

St Martin-in-Meneage Education Statistics

These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of St Martin-in-Meneage and are from the UK Census of 2011.

Qualification	Cornwall	England
No Qualifications	22.4%	22.5%
Level 1	13.4%	13.3%
Level 2	17.4%	15.2%
Apprenticeship	4.5%	3.6%
Level 3	13.1%	12.4%
Level 4	25%	27.4%
Other	4.2%	5.7%

St Martin-in-Meneage Age Distribution Statistics

The population of St Martin-in-Meneage as a whole, is older than the national average. The population of St Martin-in-Meneage is also older than the average, making St Martin-in-Meneage a older persons location.

Age	Cornwall	England
Age 0 to 4	5.1%	6.3%
Age 5 to 9	4.9%	5.6%
Age 10 to14	5.6%	5.8%
Age 15 to 17	3.6%	3.7%
Age 18 to 24	7.7%	9.4%
Age 25 to 29	5%	6.9%
Age 30 to 44	17.6%	20.6%
Age 45 to 59	20.8%	19.4%
Age 60 to 64	8%	6%
Age 65 to 74	11.6%	8.6%
Age 75 to 84	7.1%	5.5%
Age 85 and over	2.9%	2.3%
Mean Age	43.3	39.3
Median Age	45	39

Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.

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