Devon · England
Crediton population
7,835people · latest estimate
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Crediton has a population of 7,835, making it the 18th largest place in Devon. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 7,250, a rise of 8.1% since.
The other populations of Crediton
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. |
7,835 | 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. |
7,975 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
7,250 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Mid Devon population trends, 2001–2025.
Crediton in context
11 km
south-east to Exeter, the nearest larger town
12,592
people live within 10 km
#1,472
largest of 6,358 UK places
280
food businesses in Mid Devon
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 Crediton sits in postcode district EX17.
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Population since 2001
Mid Devon, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district EX17
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Devon
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilfracombe | 11,042 |
| 2 | Braunton | 9,525 |
| 3 | Totnes | 8,241 |
| 4 | Cullompton | 7,800 |
| 5 | Northam | 7,668 |
| 6 | Okehampton | 7,647 |