Bourton has a population of 1,480, making it the 31st largest place in Dorset.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Dorset population trends, 2001–2024.
Bourton in context
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 Bourton sits in postcode district SP8.
Schools
| Open establishments | Schools | Places | Pupils | Filled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary schools | 1 | 119 | 142 | 119.3% |
The 2021 census counted 28 children aged 5 to 9 in the town: one state primary school for every 28 of them.
Open schools registered in the Bourton (Dorset) built-up area, from the Department for Education's Get Information about Schools register, extracted 24 August 2026. Each school counts once: an independent special school appears under special schools, and the phase rows are state schools. Places are reported capacity and pupils each school's latest census return, summed only over schools reporting both, and shown only where at least 9 in 10 of a phase's schools do; state primaries across measured towns run at 89.2% of capacity, secondaries 91.3%. The children-per-school figure pairs a 2021 census count with today's register, so growth or decline since the census is not in it. No inspection grades are shown because Ofsted stopped issuing single-word overall judgements in 2024 and the register no longer carries them; current inspection reports are on Ofsted's own site. England only: the register lists Welsh schools without phase detail.
Broadband
| Availability | % of homes |
|---|---|
| Gigabit-capable (1,000 Mbit/s+) | 97.2% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.2% |
Share of the 283 residential premises in this built-up area that the fixed network can serve at each speed, from Ofcom's Connected Nations coverage data (network state July 2025). Availability is what the line to a home can deliver if ordered, not what households actually subscribe to, and a full-fibre street where everyone bought the cheapest package shows 100% here. Percentile compares towns of 10,000+ residents. Compare towns →
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Nearby in Dorset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Legged Cross | 1,492 |
| 2 | Sturminster Marshall | 1,490 |
| 3 | Marnhull | 1,483 |
| 4 | Charminster | 1,366 |
| 5 | Corfe Castle | 1,355 |
| 6 | Charmouth | 1,352 |