Instow has a population of 706, making it the 110th largest place in Devon.
#110
of 155 in Devon
The other populations of Instow
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Instow has between 400 and 706 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
706 | 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. |
400 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Instow in context
2 km
west to Appledore, the nearest larger town
85,818
people live within 10 km
#4,625
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 Instow sits in postcode district EX39.