PL33 postcode area guide — Cornwall
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PL33 postcode district in Cornwall — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PL33
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
90.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
89.1%
Gigabit-capable
89.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the PL33 postcode district (Cornwall) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 78 postcodes Ofcom measures in PL33, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 90.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 89.1%.
Around 0.3% of premises in PL33 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in PL33
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PL33 9AA | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AB | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AD | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AE | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AF | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AG | 90% | 90% |
| PL33 9AH | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AJ | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AL | 100% | 100% |
| PL33 9AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Cornwall
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cornwall district (312,345 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
80.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
96.1%
5G outdoors — all networks
0.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
83.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in PL33
Police recorded 2 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PL33 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal damage & arson | 1 | 50.0% |
| Other theft | 1 | 50.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in PL33
Based on 26 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PL33 is £242,500, up 3.2% on the previous year (£235,000).
Detached
£325,000
9 sales
Semi-detached
£242,500
6 sales
Terraced
£205,000
8 sales
Latest recorded sales in PL33
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | The Sidings | PL33 9AX |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £310,000 | Detached | The Sidings | PL33 9AX |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £157,500 | Semi-detached | Pengelly | PL33 9AW |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £205,000 | Terraced | High Street | PL33 9AQ |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £325,000 | Detached | Park Pennkarn | PL33 9HA |
| 13 Mar 2026 | £220,000 | Terraced | The Sidings | PL33 9AX |
| 13 Mar 2026 | £242,500 | Semi-detached | High Street | PL33 9AQ |
| 27 Feb 2026 | £1,250,000 | Detached | PL33 9DG | |
| 6 Feb 2026 | £212,500 | Semi-detached | Pengelly | PL33 9AW |
| 30 Jan 2026 | £420,000 | Detached | West Down Road | PL33 9DT |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Cornwall demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cornwall district (570,308 residents, 250,533 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.3% |
| 15–29 | 19.6% |
| 30–44 | 17% |
| 45–64 | 21.8% |
| 65+ | 25.3% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.2% |
| Private rented | 19.8% |
| Social rented | 7.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around PL33
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delabole Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 70 | PL33 9AL |
| St Teath Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 145 | PL30 3JX |
| Camelford Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 253 | PL32 9UE |
| Sir James Smith's School | Secondary | 11–16 | 588 | PL32 9UJ |
| Tintagel Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 89 | PL34 0DU |
| St Breward Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 34 | PL30 4LX |
| Port Isaac Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 52 | PL29 3RT |
| St Tudy CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 34 | PL30 3NH |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in PL33
7 rated food businesses operate in PL33. 6 hold the top rating of 5, 1 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Delabole CP School, Hanger Management, Poldark Inn, Rockhead Garage, Smugglers Fish And Chips.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PL33
From a sample of 153 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 PL33 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band E). 25% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
1%
Band C
24%
Band D
25%
Band E
24%
Band F
20%
Band G
6%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Cornwall
Landlines around PL33 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.