This is a list of settlements in Cornwall by population based on the results of the
2011 census. The last United Kingdom
census took place in
2021
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. In 2011, there were 19
built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in
Cornwall, shown in the table below.
Parish counts take in wider areas than these urban areas and these are listed in the gallery section below.
Population ranking of built-up areas
Gallery of top 21 civil parishes by population
The top
civil parishes by population at the time of the
United Kingdom Census 2011 with over 7,000 people.
[Office for National Statistics, Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics] Some of these parishes form part of larger
conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most ca ...
s, the largest being Camborne/Carn Brea/Illogan/Redruth/Lanner/Carharrack/St Day, with 55,400. The second largest is St Austell/St Austell Bay/Carlyon/St Blaise/Tywardreath and Par, with 34,700 people. The third largest is Falmouth/Penryn/Mabe with 33,000.
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...
(''Pennsans'') 21,045
Image:Camborne Commercial Square.jpg, Camborne
Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove.
Camborne was formerl ...
(''Kammbronn'') 20,845
Image:Newquay harbour town.jpg, Newquay
Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ...
(''Tewynblustri'') 20,342
Image:St Austell Fore Street.jpg, St Austell
St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.
St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958.
History
St Austell wa ...
(''Sen Austel'') 19,958
Image:Truro stmarysst.jpg, Truro (''Truru'') 18,766
File:Bridges, boats and trains at Saltash.jpg, Saltash (''Essa'') 16,419
Image:Shire Hall, Bodmin - geograph.org.uk - 50323.jpg, Bodmin
Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor.
The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...
(''Bosvena'') 14,736
Image:Redruth.jpg, Redruth
Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also inc ...
(''Resrudh'') 14,018
Image:St Ives, Cornwall, Rooftops.jpg, St Ives (''Porth Ia'') 11,435
Image:Coinagehallstreet helston.jpg, Helston (''Hellys'') 11,178
Image:Bude canal sea lock.JPG, Bude (''Porthbud'') 9,934
Image:The Guildhall, Market Street, Liskeard - geograph.org.uk - 666030.jpg, Liskeard (''Lyskerrys'') 9,417
Image:Town Square - geograph.org.uk - 1286355.jpg, Launceston (''Lannstevan'') 9,216
Image:Hayle Reflection.jpg, Hayle (''Heyl'') 8,939
Image:Roadside Houses at Ruddlemoor - geograph.org.uk - 974077.jpg, Treverbyn
Treverbyn is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The church of St Peter is modern as the medieval chapel was closed at the time of the Reformation. The parish was formed from part of St Austell parish in 1847. ...
(''Treverbyn'') 8,016
Image:Carn Brea Castle by Ansom.jpg, Carn Brea (''Karnbre'') 8,013
Image:Torpoint War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 72337.jpg, Torpoint (''Penntorr'') 7,717
Image:Churchtown, St Agnes - geograph.org.uk - 367669.jpg, St Agnes (''Breanek'') 7,565
Image:Queens Head and St Stephens Church - geograph.org.uk - 432535.jpg, St Stephen-in-Brannel (''Eglosstefan'') 7,240
Image:Penryn Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 199761.jpg, Penryn (''Pennrynn'') 7,093
See also
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Cornwall
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Port Isaac
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Settlements In Cornwall By Population
Cornwall-related lists
Geography of Cornwall
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