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A town of 2,589 in Cornwall, South West.
Tywardreath grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 24% of UK towns, and #9 of 35 in Cornwall. Its strongest subject is safety (B): 18.8 violent and sexual offences and 11.2 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is hazard risk (D−): 19% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £305,000 in the last three years, 6.6 times what households in the Cornwall council area earn in a year.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Tywardreath 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 Tywardreath is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Tywardreath’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Tywardreath. Best known first.
GardenEden Project2.5 km outside town, to the west
Castle · English HeritageSt Catherine's Castle3.9 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseTregrehan House2.2 km outside town, to the west
MuseumFowey Town Museum4.1 km outside town, to the southeast
GardenPinetum Gardens2.9 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionKidzworld2.1 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tywardreath.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of residents, below both Cornwall’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Tywardreath has a median age of 55.7. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Tywardreath | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 35% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The one school in town appears below. At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, just over three in five pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). 300 pupils attend Tywardreath’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tywardreath SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 300 | B+ |
4% live in social housing, below Cornwall’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £1,000 a month across the Cornwall council area. 107 standard sales inside Tywardreath’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £305,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 56 |
| Semi-detached | £315,000 | 21 |
| Terraced | £212,000 | 28 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Tywardreath counts 18 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade II*. Of the town’s land, 13% lies in conservation areas, about level with England’s towns (7%) and above Cornwall’s towns (0%). The national list protects one ancient monument locally.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
There were 14.1 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above Cornwall’s towns (6.8) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Reported offences in Tywardreath came to 90 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 38. Violence and sexual offences were nearly half of the crimes.
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.
Just over three quarters of Tywardreath’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below both Cornwall’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (82%). Seeing a GP means leaving Tywardreath: the nearest practice is 0.7 miles away. The nearest A&E to Tywardreath is Royal Cornwall Hospital, 18.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Tywardreath | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For nearly a third of commuters, work was under 5 km away. 83% of commuters drove, above both Cornwall’s towns (78%) and England’s towns (70%). A household here earns £45K a year before tax, on average. About 10% of its commuters stay in Tywardreath for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
18 listed buildings in Tywardreath.
Rashleigh Almshouses: Photo: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Par Inn: Photo: Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tywardreath | 2,589 | — | C− | D− | B | B− |
| St Blazey | 6,569 | 1.1 | D | C− | C | C |
| Carlyon Bay | 1,174 | 2.6 | — | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Fowey | 2,027 | 2.7 | — | D− | C+ | B− |
| Penwithick | 1,706 | 3.7 | — | C | D | C |
| Lostwithiel | 3,067 | 3.7 | C+ | D− | B− | C+ |
| St Austell | 24,361 | 3.7 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Bugle | 2,430 | 5 | — | C− | D− | C |
Carlyon Bay, Fowey, Penwithick and Bugle have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
That is 2.9 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Town in Cornwall, England
Tywardreath is a built-up area of 2,589 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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