Living in Camborne

Residents of Camborne numbered 20,450 at the end of 2021. For Camborne, the regional median gross salary was €2,832 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2023, unemployment in Camborne reached 2.7%.

Last checked 2026-09-2418 sources

Population20,450people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)2,832EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent1,168EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate2.7%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime6,273incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean5.08µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · uk-air.defra.gov.uk

Lower unemployment than 84% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 90% of United Kingdom cities that publish it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Camborne?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Camborne.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Camborne. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹²Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,168 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price⁹Official · county

Is Camborne a good place to live?

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Remote worker39%strong on work, weak on safety · range 28–50%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–62%

Student31%strong on education, weak on work · range 21–41%

Family54%strong on family, weak on cost · range 43–65%

Retirement33%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 19–47%

Work and income

For Camborne, the employment rate was 53.3% at the end of 2021. Camborne's working population was 8,805 at the end of 2021.

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Camborne is 2.7%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Camborne 2.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	53.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,832 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	2.7 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁶Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Camborne?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,175of €2,380 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,380
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €1,168
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,175

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Camborne Salary needed to live in Camborne

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Camborne. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Camborne. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	11 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official
Schools	13 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Camborne's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Safety

How safe is Camborne?

Police recorded about 6,273 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹¹

Recorded crime across major citiesCamborne highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	6,273 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Camborne was 18 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	18 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PZE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 7°C in January and 15.9°C in July. Camborne's monthly precipitation totalled 120.6 mm in January and 69 mm in July. Camborne's average monthly sunshine was 61.1 hours in January and 198.9 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Camborne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.08 µg/m³ · uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹³

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

9°5°

10°5°

12°7°

14°9°

17°11°

19°13°

17°12°

15°10°

12°7°

10°6°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

121

111

130

126

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

125

188

216

215

199

187

160

112

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hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Camborne is 5.1 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Camborne 5.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.08 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.2 · Feb 9.2 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 12.1 · May 14.5 · Jun 16.9 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 19 · Sep 17.4 · Oct 14.6 · Nov 11.8 · Dec 9.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 4.8 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 6.6 · May 8.8 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 12 · Oct 10 · Nov 7.4 · Dec 5.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 7 · Feb 6.9 · Mar 7.8 · Apr 9.3 · May 11.7 · Jun 14.1 · Jul 15.9 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 14.7 · Oct 12.3 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 7.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 120.6 · Feb 94.6 · Mar 71.8 · Apr 72.8 · May 61.2 · Jun 62.8 · Jul 69 · Aug 78.5 · Sep 77.5 · Oct 111.2 · Nov 129.8 · Dec 126.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 61.1 · Feb 84.5 · Mar 125.3 · Apr 187.5 · May 216.2 · Jun 214.6 · Jul 198.9 · Aug 187.2 · Sep 159.6 · Oct 111.6 · Nov 70.2 · Dec 55.4 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Plymouth ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Cork (Ireland) ±1.1 °C, Limerick (Ireland) ±1.0 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±2.0 °C, Bremerhaven (Germany) ±2.5 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±2.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Camborne recorded a median age of 41 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Camborne?

The published population was 20,450 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	20,450 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official

International community in Camborne

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	19,305	94.4%
Europe: EU countries	730	3.6%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	415	2.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	22.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Workers aged 16 and over	8,805 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Median age	41 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Camborne

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Wokingham as a Camborne alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 340 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Median gross pay, region: €3,866 Wokingham vs €2,832 Camborne+37%
Residents: 50,325 Wokingham vs 20,450 Camborne+146%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,921 Wokingham vs 6,273 Camborne−37%
Unemployment: 2.6% Wokingham vs 2.7% Camborne−4%

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Cities near Camborne

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Camborne, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Dumbarton20,480 residents Spennymoor20,410 residents Farnham20,500 residents Kingswood20,387 residents Maghull20,370 residents Wednesbury20,315 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Camborne?

The published population was 20,450 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Camborne?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: uk-air.defra.gov.uk.

How safe is Camborne?

What is the typical salary around Camborne?

The median gross salary is 2,832 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Camborne a good place to live?

Camborne may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Camborne?

St Ives, Falmouth, Truro are near Camborne. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Camborne?

The official country of birth distribution records 19,305 people (94.4%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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Three 100GB one-month data pack three.co.uk · checked 2026-09-15
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