Torquay postcode area Census 2021

96.9% people are white, 1.4% people are mixed, 1.1% people are asian.
47.4% are Christian, 44.2% have no religion, 6.4% provided no answer.
42.1% households have 1 car, 28.3% households have 2 cars, 18.3% households have no car.

Torquay population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Torquay postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	1.1%	9.3%
Black	0.2%	4.0%
Mixed	1.4%	2.9%
Other	0.4%	2.1%
White	96.9%	81.7%

Torquay population health

Health	Torquay postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	44.5%	48.4%
good	34.3%	33.6%
average	15.0%	12.7%
poor	4.9%	4.0%
very poor	1.4%	1.2%

Torquay population religion

Religion	Torquay postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.5%	0.5%
Christian	47.4%	46.2%
Hindu	0.1%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	0.4%	6.5%
No answer	6.4%	6.0%
No religion	44.2%	37.2%
Other	0.0%	0.9%
Sikh	0.8%	0.6%

Torquay population economic activity

Economic activity	Torquay postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	39.7%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.7%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	10.0%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.1%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	3.9%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	7.3%	7.3%
Retired	30.6%	21.6%
Student, no work	3.5%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.2%	2.8%

Torquay car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.34 cars per household in Torquay postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Torquay postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	18.3%	23.3%
1 car	42.1%	41.3%
2 cars	28.3%	26.2%
3+ cars	11.3%	9.2%

Torquay household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).