Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a village of 501 residents in Cornwall, South West.
Port Isaac has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real. 102 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I. Pre-1919 homes make up 44% of the housing. Over-65s are 31% of the population.
The 3 things Port Isaac does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 102 buildings inside Port Isaac’s built-up area.
44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1914.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Port Isaac.
Children are 15% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.3% of residents, below Cornwall’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. The middle age in Port Isaac is 51.5.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Port Isaac | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 6.3% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Below is its only school. Its one primary school teaches 52 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Isaac AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 52 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Driving is how 70% of commuters got to work at the census. Just over a quarter of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with England’s towns (27%) and above Cornwall’s towns (19%). Of the commuters living in Port Isaac, 35% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 1.3.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
14% of households are private tenants. The median sale price was £365K, above both Cornwall’s towns (£277K) and England’s towns (£308K). Private rents average £1,000 a month across the Cornwall council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £632,500 | 10 |
| Terraced | £350,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Police recorded 20 crimes inside Port Isaac’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences accounted for two fifths of recorded crime. There were 10.9 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Cornwall’s towns (6.8) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
One GP practice serves the town; 84% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 21% of residents have a disability, close to Cornwall’s towns (22%) and above England’s towns (17%). Asked at the census, nearly four in five residents of Port Isaac said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2021 | Port Isaac | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.4% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 31% of Port Isaac’s land, above both Cornwall’s towns (0%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Isaac | 501 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rock | 1,156 | 4.4 | — | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Delabole | 1,779 | 4.8 | — | D | B | B− |
| Egloshayle | 1,185 | 5.1 | — | D− | B | B |
| Wadebridge | 5,626 | 5.3 | D | D− | C− | B |
| Padstow | 2,351 | 6.3 | — | D− | B− | B− |
| Camelford | 2,983 | 6.7 | D | D | C | B− |
| St Merryn | 1,344 | 8.5 | — | D− | B+ | B− |
Rock, Delabole, Egloshayle, Padstow and St Merryn have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 83.5 times the typical UK town for its size.
By type: terraced houses £350,000 and detached houses £632,500. Private rents in the Cornwall council area averaged £1,000 a month in August 2026.
Village in Cornwall, England
Port Isaac is a built-up area of 501 people, in the Cornwall council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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