Holiday homes, second addresses, flows and visits - Cornwall

The census provides a number of datasets relating to holiday homes and visits to holiday homes.  These add to the picture of what dwellings are used for.  There are three sets of data used - listed in the sources section.  

 

Summary

 

 

Type	People	Numbers	Table
Second addresses used as holiday homes	Users	6,080	1c (1)
Second addresses used as holiday homes	All users	2,329	1e (2)
Visitors to second address holiday home	Users	14,230	1e (2)
Second homes	Owners	11,490	(3)

Second addresses by users

Total number of people using second addresses for England and Wales was 446,647.  The figure for Cornwall was 2,329.

 

Second addresses used as holiday homes

This captures the number of second addresses used as holiday homes for 30 or more days in a year. The  total for England and Wales was  71,140 and for Cornwall was 6,080.

 

At MSOA level the top five are listed below. In line with other data sets they are all tourist areas. 

 

MSOA code	MSOA name	Number
Cornwall 007	Trebetherick & Whitecross	570
Cornwall 008	Padstow & St Issey	565
Cornwall 048	Probus & Roseland	335
Cornwall 054	St Ives & Halsetown	310
Cornwall 073	The Lizard	220

 

 

Holiday flows by LA 21

The census data looked at the flows of people from their usual residence to a second address elsewhere.  The total for England and Wales equalled 207,707, while for Cornwalll it was 14,230.  A total of 540 visits were made by residents of Cornwall of which 425 were to properties in Cornwall. So very little travel to holiday homes by Cornish residents which is a reflection of lower earnings in the region.

 

Holiday homes

The census recorded a total of 172,520 holiday homes in England and Wales, with 11,490 in Cornwall.

 

Notes on second addresses

These estimates will only capture second addresses that have a person staying at them for 30 days or more a year. This means that we will not capture data on second addresses that are not stayed at by someone for this time period. If someone owns a second address but never stays there, or is not occupied by the same person for 30 days a year or more, it will not be captured. The census asks where people live or stay, but does not ask about ownership of second addresses.

  

Sources

1          Office for National Statistics, (5 January 2023 ), People with second addresses, England and Wales: Census 2021, Statistical Bulletin.

[Table 1c: Location of dwellings used as a second address by usual residents in England and Wales, by second address type, local authorities, Great Britain, Census 2021].

 

2          Office for National Statistics , (20 June 2023 ), Flows of users of holiday homes in England and Wales: Census 2021.  [Table 1e: Number of usual residents who used a holiday home, by holiday home location and usual residence, local authorities of England and Wales].

 

3          Office for National Statistics, (27 October 2023), Number of vacant and second homes, England and Wales: Census 2021, Dataset.

[Table 1a: Vacant dwellings and Second homes (with no usual residents), national to local authority districts, England and Wales, 2021].