Housing in TR10 8EU
What the homes in TR10 8EU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Penryn
- Council
- Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,386 (2024)
TR10 8EUPenryn
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (32.4%). Flats make up 19.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
53.4% of households in the TR10 8EU area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 33.2% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 29.3% own outright and 24.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned53.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.7%1%
- Private rented33.2%20.5%
- Social rented11.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 27% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (19.8%). 19.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Cornwall
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Cornwall (August 2026, +1.8% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around TR10 8EU (Penryn) (about 2,386 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.