50 something

To be precise - I originally referred to Eastbourne and Worthing as having elderly poplulations. Brighton has a very young population - or so it seems - it has two universities. Be 30 and live there and you can feel old.

I wasn't really comparing Dawlish to other towns. I was merely trying to make the point that retiring by the sea is not a phenomenon restricted to Dawlish.

Eastbourne and Worthing have quite an elderly population as well. I guess that lots of people choose to retire by the sea and who can blame them?