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A town of 7,163 in Cornwall, South West.
Torpoint grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 19% of UK towns, and #11 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is walkability (A+): 31% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): median sale £210,000, 4.6 years of area income; rent £1,000 a month.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The thing Torpoint does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Torpoint is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Torpoint’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1926.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Torpoint. Best known first.
FortDrake's Island3.4 km outside town, to the southeast
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral2.9 km outside town, to the east
MuseumHMS Courageous800 m outside town, to the east
CastleInce Castle1.9 km outside town, to the west
Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel4.1 km outside town, to the east
Historic houseMount Edgcumbe House2.4 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Torpoint.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 18% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Torpoint sits above both Cornwall’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%) on this measure. 64% of commuters drove to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbeile Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 268 | B |
| Torpoint Community CollegeLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 668 | C− |
The median sale price was £210K, below both Cornwall’s towns (£279K) and England’s towns (£308K). 13% of households live in social housing.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £324,000 | 39 |
| Semi-detached | £240,000 | 96 |
| Terraced | £200,000 | 144 |
| Flat or maisonette | £118,525 | 40 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
That puts Torpoint below both Cornwall’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%). 25% of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Torpoint is 48.6 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Torpoint | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.4% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
On this, Torpoint is above both Cornwall’s towns (6.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Women here live to 83.6 on average and men to 77.5 (2019–23). These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Torpoint | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.1% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
In the comparison, Torpoint comes above both Cornwall’s towns (25) and England’s towns (22). Police recorded 423 crimes inside Torpoint’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 44 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Torpoint records more crime per resident than 73% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Torpoint has 11 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
11 listed buildings in Torpoint.
Wesleyan Methodist Church: Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St James the Greater: Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ellis Monument: Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Warehouse: Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
6 notable people were born in Torpoint.
John Langdon Down: Sydney Hodges, Public domain · Jack Stephens: Solent Creatives from Southampton, United KIngdom, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torpoint | 7,163 | — | C− | C− | C | C |
| Millbrook | 2,299 | 1.9 | — | D− | B− | B− |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 2.5 | C− | D | C+ | C+ |
| Plymouth | 266,970 | 3.6 | C | C+ | D | C− |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 4.9 | — | D | A+ | B+ |
| Wembury | 1,828 | 6.8 | — | C− | A+ | A+ |
| Sherford | 1,311 | 6.8 | — | C+ | D− | A− |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 7.3 | — | B− | B | B |
Millbrook, Landrake, Wembury, Sherford and Bere Alston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Police recorded 423 crimes inside Torpoint’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 63% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking. Burglary was rare, with 9 reports in the year.
By type: flats £118,525, terraced houses £200,000, semi-detached houses £240,000 and detached houses £324,000. Private rents in the Cornwall council area averaged £1,000 a month in August 2026. Household incomes are lower than in 69% of UK towns, so cost of living grades C−.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Cornwall, England
Torpoint is a built-up area of 7,163 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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