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Newquay Porth & Tretherras ward, Cornwall

Newquay Porth & Tretherras is one of 87 electoral wards of Cornwall Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,559 residents in 2,798 households — 1,398 people per km², the 47th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Austell and Newquay constituency.

Residents, 20216,559council ward average 6,558
Households2,7982.34 residents per household
Density1,398/ km²about 4.69 km² · Cornwall 161
Aged 65+22.7%Cornwall: 25.3% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 323
5–95.9% · 388
10–157.0% · 462
16–193.9% · 255
20–244.4% · 286
25–3412.1% · 792
35–4919.5% · 1,280
50–6419.6% · 1,284
65–7411.9% · 778
75–847.9% · 517
85+3.0% · 194

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.5% · 323
1 car or van41.6% · 1,163
2 cars or vans34.8% · 975
3 or more12.0% · 337
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cornwall overall: 66.2% owned, 12.8% social rented, 19.7% private rented.

Owned outright41.4% · 1,159
With mortgage32.8% · 919
Shared ownership2.3% · 64
Social rented4.8% · 134
Private rented18.7% · 522

Type of home

Detached house46.3% · 1,296
Semi-detached house25.3% · 709
Terraced house10.6% · 297
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 367
Converted house2.9% · 81
Other conversion0.8% · 22
Above shop / office0.9% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.