Great Urswick has a population of 281, making it the 87th largest place in Cumbria.
#87
of 92 in Cumbria
The other populations of Great Urswick
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
281 | 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. |
270 | 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: Westmorland and Furness population trends, 2001–2025.
Great Urswick in context
2 km
north-west to Lindal in Furness, the nearest larger town
81,917
people live within 10 km
#6,048
largest of 6,358 UK places
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 Great Urswick sits in postcode district LA12.
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Population since 2001
Westmorland and Furness, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district LA12
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Cumbria
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braithwaite | 342 |
| 2 | Newton Arlosh | 318 |
| 3 | Caldbeck | 311 |
| 4 | Helsington | 276 |
| 5 | Cliburn | 274 |
| 6 | Orton | 235 |