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People and place
A population and household snapshot for Torbay, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population104,727
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth West
Age profile
0 to 1717.8% · 18,616 people
18 to 245.9% · 6,218 people
25 to 3411.0% · 11,502 people
35 to 4917.0% · 17,820 people
50 to 6421.9% · 22,906 people
65 and over26.4% · 27,665 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
47,479 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners61.8% · 29,340 households
Private renters29.5% · 14,008 households
Social renters7.8% · 3,705 households
Other tenure0.9% · 426 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
47,482 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households36.3% · 17,223 households
Families with dependent children23.0% · 10,898 households
Other single-family households36.4% · 17,275 households
Other household types4.4% · 2,086 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
104,399 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot11.1% · 11,562 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little12.8% · 13,352 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act76.1% · 79,485 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
This constituency in Parliament
A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.
This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.
Written question15 July 2026
Members: Correspondence
Raised by Steve Darling MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Torbay sent on 22 and 27 April, reference SD16253.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Torbay at Work and Pensions Oral Questions on 29 June 2026, Official Report, Column 605, when the offer of…
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses will be impacted by changes to business rates (a) nationally and (b) in Torbay constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to reply to the correspondence of 20 March 2026 from the hon. Member for Torbay.
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office
Signatures in this constituency448
Signatures nationally206,593
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded77
Total awarded£5,643,171
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Safe Space Community Support Project
THE PATCHWORK HOUSE WOMEN'S CENTRE C.I.C.
£17,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
THE PATCHWORK HOUSE WOMEN'S CENTRE C.I.C. - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Torbay Pride
Torbay Pride
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Torbay Pride - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 15 June 2026
New Horizon - Women & Girls' Project
Imagine - Torbay Multicultural Group CIC
£18,480
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Imagine - Torbay Multicultural Group CIC - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 3 June 2026
#HP Schools and foster families – access to heritage
Torbay Council
£19,360
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Heritage
About this award
This project will help us to significantly improve access to heritage for schools and foster families in Torbay. Currently, many children in Torbay do not experience the heritage on their doorstep because schools, foster families and visit providers lack support, resources and knowledge. There is no coordinated approach to local history and heritage learning, and we don’t fully understand the barriers to access. This project will provide the evidence we need to give teachers the tools to integrate local heritage learning into the curriculum, support heritage sites to improve their visit offers, and better coordinate local history and heritage learning opportunities across the Bay. This is the first step towards ensuring all children in Torbay benefit from experiences that will impact positively on their development and in the long term lead to increased pride in, and care for, Torbay’s historic assets.
National Lottery grantAwarded 28 May 2026
Lift Barton Hill Community Cafe and Hub
Lift Barton Hill Academy
£20,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Lift Barton Hill Academy - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
72 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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