Crap Towns / St Austell / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in St Austell?
In January 2026, 3.4% of premises in St Austell couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 6.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 17 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 72.4% of premises, 23% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 17 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 410 | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,749 | 72.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Penryn | 30.6 km | 9.1 |
| Falmouth | 30.3 km | 7.6 |
| Newquay | 21.1 km | 6.2 |
| Liskeard | 25.9 km | 5.6 |
| Wadebridge | 19.7 km | 4.8 |
| Truro | 21.2 km | 4.1 |
| Redruth | 33.7 km | 3.6 |
| St Austell | – | 3.4 |
| Looe | 23.4 km | 2.7 |
| Bodmin | 14.6 km | 2.2 |
| St Blazey | 4.5 km | 0.6 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |