List of settlements in Cornwall by population

St Austell

Falmouth

Camborne

Truro

Newquay

Redruth

Penzance

Saltash

Bodmin

Helston

St Ives

St Blazey

Liskeard

Penryn

Hayle

Torpoint

Launceston

Wadebridge

Looe

Bude

Isles Of Scilly

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The largest settlements of the county of Cornwall, with its city in bold. Isles of Scilly also shown.

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. 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

#	Settlement	Population [1]
		2001	2011
1	Redruth (including Camborne)	39,937	42,690
2	Falmouth (including Penryn)	28,801	31,988
3	St Austell	22,658	25,447
4	Truro	20,920	23,041
5	Newquay	19,562	20,189
6	Penzance	20,255	19,872
7	Saltash	14,124	15,566
8	Bodmin	12,778	14,614
9	Helston	10,578	12,184
10	St Ives	9,866	9,966
11	St Blazey (including Par)	9,256	9,958
12	Liskeard	8,478	9,237
13	Launceston	7,135	8,910
14	Hayle	7,844	8,210
15	Torpoint	8,633	7,717
16	Bude (including Stratton)	5,980	7,011
17	Wadebridge	6,222	6,599
18	Callington	4,048	5,786
19	Looe	5,280	5,112

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. ^[2] Some of these parishes form part of larger conurbations, 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. ^[3]

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  Falmouth (Aberfala) 21,797
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  Penzance (Pennsans) 21,045
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  Camborne (Kammbronn) 20,845
• 
  Newquay (Tewynblustri) 20,342
• 
  St Austell (Sen Austel) 19,958
• 
  Truro (Truru) 18,766
• 
  Saltash (Essa) 16,419
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  Bodmin (Bosvena) 14,736
• 
  Redruth (Resrudh) 14,018
• 
  St Ives (Porth Ia) 11,435
• 
  Helston (Hellys) 11,178
• 
  Bude (Porthbud) 9,934
• 
  Liskeard (Lyskerrys) 9,417
• 
  Launceston (Lannstevan) 9,216
• 
  Hayle (Heyl) 8,939
• 
  Treverbyn (Treverbyn) 8,016
• 
  Carn Brea (Karnbre) 8,013
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  Torpoint (Penntorr) 7,717
• 
  St Agnes (Breanek) 7,565
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  St Stephen-in-Brannel (Eglosstefan) 7,240
• 
  Penryn (Pennrynn) 7,093

See also

• Cornwall portal

• Cornwall
• Port Isaac
• List of towns and cities in England by population

References

1. "KS101EW (Usual resident population) - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
2. Office for National Statistics, Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics
3. "Data from the 2011 Census (Office for National Statistics)". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 November 2013.