List of settlements in Cornwall by population
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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
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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
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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. Image:Falmouth Cornwall.jpg, Falmouth (''Aberfala'') 21,797 Image:Penzance harbour and church.jpg,
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

* Cornwall * Port Isaac


References

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