Cornwall
Unitary Authority in South West England
Unitary Authority
The population development of Cornwall.
| Name | Status | Population Census 2001-04-29 | Population Census 2011-03-27 | Population Census 2021-03-21 | Population Estimate 2024-06-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | Unitary Authority | 499,114 | 532,273 | 570,305 | 583,289 | → |
| South West England | Region | 4,928,434 | 5,288,935 | 5,701,186 | 5,889,695 |
Contents: Settlements
The population development of the settlements in Cornwall.
| Name | Status | County / District | Population Census 2001-04-29 | Population Census 2011-03-27 | Population Census 2021-03-21 | Population Estimate 2024-06-30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 570 | 559 | 565 | 671 | → |
| Blackwater | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 620 | 616 | 796 | 952 | → |
| Bodmin | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 12,882 | 14,736 | 16,922 | 17,575 | → |
| Boscastle | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 701 | 641 | 706 | 705 | → |
| Breage | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 447 | 471 | 621 | 591 | → |
| Bude | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 6,774 | 7,237 | 7,342 | 7,365 | → |
| Budock Water | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 571 | 552 | 572 | 557 | → |
| Bugle | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,622 | 2,093 | 2,427 | 2,770 | → |
| Callington | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 4,048 | 4,528 | 4,672 | 4,991 | → |
| Calstock | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 776 | 790 | 742 | 747 | → |
| Camborne | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 16,938 | 17,583 | 20,452 | 21,076 | → |
| Camelford | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,943 | 2,571 | 2,981 | 2,858 | → |
| Canon's Town | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 570 | 538 | 546 | 535 | → |
| Carbis Bay | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 3,566 | 3,748 | 3,970 | 4,034 | → |
| Carey Park | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 572 | 581 | 696 | 674 | → |
| Carharrack | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,324 | 1,348 | 1,526 | 1,523 | → |
| Carkeel | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 154 | 317 | 287 | 506 | → |
| Carlyon Bay | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 992 | 1,127 | 1,174 | 1,160 | → |
| Carnon Downs (/ Devoran) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,923 | 2,025 | 2,128 | 2,200 | → |
| Cawsand (/ Kingsand) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 778 | 647 | 571 | 568 | → |
| Chacewater | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 777 | 888 | 911 | 822 | → |
| Connor Downs | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,126 | 1,202 | 1,484 | 1,439 | → |
| Constantine | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 790 | 819 | 970 | 927 | → |
| Crantock | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 764 | 801 | 927 | 1,025 | → |
| Crowlas | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 979 | 941 | 1,053 | 1,056 | → |
| Cubert | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 658 | 771 | 835 | 824 | → |
| Delabole | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,460 | 1,647 | 1,775 | 1,776 | → |
| Dobwalls | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,317 | 1,418 | 1,684 | 1,779 | → |
| Downderry | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 696 | 745 | 829 | 786 | → |
| Duporth | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 223 | 481 | 674 | 692 | → |
| Egloshayle | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,249 | 1,180 | 1,186 | 1,194 | → |
| Falmouth | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 21,158 | 22,206 | 24,071 | 24,298 | → |
| Flushing | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 690 | 722 | 745 | 704 | → |
| Four Lanes | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,245 | 1,416 | 1,580 | 1,644 | → |
| Fowey | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,064 | 2,131 | 2,026 | 2,077 | → |
| Foxhole | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,133 | 1,471 | 1,531 | 1,564 | → |
| Goldsithney | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,214 | 1,246 | 1,346 | 1,309 | → |
| Goonhavern | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 651 | 738 | 991 | 1,056 | → |
| Gorran Haven | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 853 | 893 | 810 | 801 | → |
| Grampound | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 499 | 537 | 688 | 667 | → |
| Grampound Road | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 906 | 926 | 1,160 | 1,223 | → |
| Gunnislake (/ St Ann's Chapel) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,959 | 3,124 | 3,508 | 3,711 | → |
| Hayle | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 7,559 | 8,210 | 9,043 | 9,461 | → |
| Helston | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 9,542 | 10,958 | 11,366 | 11,344 | → |
| Illogan | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 866 | 841 | 1,094 | 1,201 | → |
| Indian Queens (/ Fraddon / St Columb Road) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,809 | 3,516 | 3,888 | 3,990 | → |
| Kelly Bray | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 581 | 1,088 | 1,138 | 1,227 | → |
| Kilkhampton | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 768 | 853 | 978 | 1,070 | → |
| Landrake | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,001 | 1,115 | 1,102 | 1,103 | → |
| Lanivet | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 612 | 645 | 578 | 595 | → |
| Lanner | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,899 | 2,039 | 2,165 | 2,053 | → |
| Launceston | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 6,762 | 7,754 | 8,428 | 8,234 | → |
| Lelant | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 865 | 1,056 | 955 | 958 | → |
| Liskeard | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 8,656 | 9,417 | 10,902 | 11,703 | → |
| Lizard | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 886 | 906 | 1,046 | 982 | → |
| Longrock | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,882 | 2,035 | 1,980 | 1,924 | → |
| Looe | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 5,280 | 5,112 | 5,314 | 5,265 | → |
| Lostwithiel | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,739 | 2,814 | 3,070 | 3,156 | → |
| Madron | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 613 | 626 | 664 | 697 | → |
| Marazion | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,340 | 1,294 | 1,349 | 1,281 | → |
| Marhamchurch | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 603 | 658 | 662 | 602 | → |
| Mawgan | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 718 | 564 | 616 | 618 | → |
| Mawnan Smith | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 824 | 865 | 1,007 | 997 | → |
| Menheniot | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 752 | 782 | 780 | 753 | → |
| Mevagissey | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,919 | 1,833 | 1,876 | 1,796 | → |
| Millbrook | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,033 | 2,278 | 2,298 | 2,405 | → |
| Mount Hawke | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,455 | 1,511 | 1,592 | 1,564 | → |
| Mousehole | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 759 | 697 | 544 | 532 | → |
| Mullion | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,834 | 1,955 | 2,147 | 2,040 | → |
| Mylor Bridge | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,484 | 1,443 | 1,537 | 1,642 | → |
| Nanpean | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 886 | 1,092 | 1,077 | 1,103 | → |
| Newlyn | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 3,687 | 3,536 | 3,360 | 3,388 | → |
| Newquay | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 19,562 | 20,457 | 24,547 | 24,976 | → |
| Padstow | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,641 | 2,469 | 2,352 | 2,346 | → |
| Pelynt | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 956 | 932 | 1,143 | 1,155 | → |
| Pendeen | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 636 | 668 | 726 | 695 | → |
| Penpol | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 517 | 514 | 513 | 519 | → |
| Penryn | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 7,294 | 9,484 | 11,194 | 11,868 | → |
| Pensilva | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,566 | 1,663 | 1,657 | 1,662 | → |
| Penwithick | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,306 | 1,556 | 1,709 | 1,788 | → |
| Penzance | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 14,928 | 14,871 | 14,958 | 14,887 | → |
| Perranarworthal | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,214 | 1,207 | 1,305 | 1,374 | → |
| Perranporth | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,451 | 2,370 | 2,749 | 2,690 | → |
| Playing Place | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 795 | 803 | 856 | 871 | → |
| Polgooth | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,065 | 1,155 | 1,095 | 1,141 | → |
| Ponsanooth | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 799 | 967 | 964 | 979 | → |
| Pool (/ Illogan) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 7,634 | 7,780 | 8,580 | 8,886 | → |
| Porthleven | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 3,190 | 3,059 | 3,114 | 3,016 | → |
| Porthtowan | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 751 | 836 | 892 | 842 | → |
| Portreath | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 987 | 963 | 1,217 | 1,172 | → |
| Portscatho | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 626 | 535 | 592 | 577 | → |
| Praze-an-Beeble | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 628 | 611 | 643 | 678 | → |
| Probus | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,082 | 2,246 | 2,561 | 2,589 | → |
| Quintrell Downs | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 913 | 1,001 | 1,359 | 1,485 | → |
| Reawla | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 948 | 997 | 1,116 | 1,070 | → |
| Redruth | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 12,136 | 13,799 | 15,453 | 16,113 | → |
| Roche | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,831 | 2,217 | 2,310 | 2,226 | → |
| Rock | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,227 | 1,203 | 1,152 | 1,099 | → |
| Saltash | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 14,277 | 15,566 | 15,437 | 15,391 | → |
| Shortlanesend | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 935 | 953 | 1,430 | 1,543 | → |
| St Agnes | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,759 | 2,860 | 3,253 | 3,376 | → |
| St Austell | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 20,046 | 22,737 | 24,375 | 24,539 | → |
| St Blazey | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 6,530 | 6,746 | 6,574 | 6,637 | → |
| St Breward | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 557 | 600 | 701 | 659 | → |
| St Buryan | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 605 | 691 | 653 | 635 | → |
| St Cleer | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,151 | 1,181 | 1,147 | 1,186 | → |
| St Columb Major | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 3,101 | 3,672 | 3,661 | 3,707 | → |
| St Day | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,212 | 1,397 | 1,432 | 1,338 | → |
| St Dennis | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,158 | 2,319 | 2,363 | 2,433 | → |
| St Dominick | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 580 | 544 | 544 | 546 | → |
| Stenalees | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 659 | 723 | 795 | 724 | → |
| St Erme (/ Trispen) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,215 | 1,208 | 1,604 | 1,661 | → |
| St Erth | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,073 | 1,046 | 1,128 | 1,080 | → |
| St Eval | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 682 | 472 | 895 | 988 | → |
| St Germans | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 517 | 493 | 527 | 523 | → |
| Sticker | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 847 | 813 | 819 | 811 | → |
| Stithians | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,414 | 1,463 | 1,614 | 1,624 | → |
| St Ives | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 6,300 | 6,218 | 5,409 | 5,321 | → |
| St Just (St Just in Penwith) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,890 | 1,957 | 1,830 | 1,895 | → |
| St Keverne | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 930 | 939 | 994 | 968 | → |
| St Mabyn | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 560 | 646 | 726 | 693 | → |
| St Mawes | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 851 | 714 | 644 | 668 | → |
| St Merryn | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,091 | 1,203 | 1,343 | 1,295 | → |
| St Newlyn East | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 828 | 896 | 1,039 | 996 | → |
| Stratton | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,281 | 1,390 | 1,927 | 2,173 | → |
| St Stephen (St Stephen-in-Brannel) | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,203 | 2,251 | 2,337 | 2,272 | → |
| St Teath | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 574 | 633 | 592 | 557 | → |
| St Tudy | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 637 | 604 | 679 | 697 | → |
| Summercourt | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 672 | 670 | 842 | 863 | → |
| Threemilestone | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,757 | 2,709 | 2,852 | 2,899 | → |
| Tintagel | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 706 | 744 | 758 | 727 | → |
| Tolvaddon | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,217 | 1,093 | 1,107 | 1,138 | → |
| Torpoint | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 8,109 | 7,398 | 7,158 | 7,210 | → |
| Tregony | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 704 | 768 | 757 | 786 | → |
| Tresillian | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 667 | 624 | 711 | 747 | → |
| Trewoon | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,037 | 1,102 | 1,245 | 1,263 | → |
| Troon | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 1,469 | 1,487 | 1,398 | 1,156 | → |
| Truro | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 18,051 | 20,044 | 23,047 | 24,271 | → |
| Tywardreath | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 2,623 | 2,698 | 2,584 | 2,521 | → |
| Wadebridge | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 5,102 | 5,541 | 5,628 | 5,551 | → |
| Week St Mary | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 550 | 709 | 724 | 724 | → |
| Withnoe | Built-up Area | Cornwall | 376 | 1,462 | 1,818 | 2,046 | → |
Source: UK Office for National Statistics.
Explanation: All population figures and depicted boundaries are based on output areas officially assigned to the 2022 built-up areas. Output areas often include some unbuilt parts. However, tabulated area figures refer to (typically smaller) actual built-up areas in order to present a more realistic population density. Some of the older population figures are approximate values.