Central Bedfordshire · England
Chicksands population
1,396people · latest estimate
Chicksands has a population of 1,396, making it the 28th largest place in Central Bedfordshire.
#28
of 55 in Central Bedfordshire
The other populations of Chicksands
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Chicksands has between 720 and 1,396 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,396 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
720 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Central Bedfordshire population trends, 2001–2024.
Chicksands in context
2 km
east to Shefford, the nearest larger town
99,237
people live within 10 km
#3,488
largest of 6,358 UK places
771
food businesses in Central Bedfordshire
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Chicksands sits in postcode district SG17.
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Population since 2001
Central Bedfordshire, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SG17
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Central Bedfordshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meppershall | 1,745 |
| 2 | Kensworth | 1,455 |
| 3 | Shillington | 1,447 |
| 4 | Heath and Reach | 1,346 |
| 5 | Houghton Conquest | 1,311 |
| 6 | Lidlington | 1,185 |