City Profile • Local Authority
Torbay
Torbay is a local authority district comprising 5 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £277k, reflecting a upward trend of 0.9% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 97 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
139,479
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
5 AreasPopulation Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Torbay authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English92.2%
White: Other White3.4%
Other Asian0.7%
White: Irish0.5%
White and Asian0.5%
White and Black Caribbean0.4%
Age Profile
55-59 years7.7%
50-54 years7.4%
70-74 years7.2%
60-64 years7.1%
65-69 years6.6%
45-49 years5.9%
Top Occupations
Caring and leisure14.2%
Professional14.0%
Skilled trades13.2%
Managers and directors12.2%
Elementary occupations11.6%
Associate professional10.8%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Outright39.1%
Owned: Mortgage24.9%
Private rented: Landlord24.1%
Social rented: Other7.4%
Private rented: Other2.5%
Shared ownership1.0%
Area DNA
health6/10
safety3/10
transit10/10
investment7/10