Bovington Camp has a population of 2,586, making it the 26th largest place in Dorset. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 1,926, a rise of 34.3% since.
The other populations of Bovington Camp
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. |
2,586 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
1,926 | 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: Dorset population trends, 2001–2024.
Bovington Camp in context
2 km
south-east to Wool, the nearest larger town
18,754
people live within 10 km
#2,602
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,677
food businesses in Dorset
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 Bovington Camp sits in postcode district BH20.
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Population since 2001
Dorset, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district BH20
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Dorset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaminster | 2,957 |
| 2 | Alderholt | 2,848 |
| 3 | Wool | 2,724 |
| 4 | Stalbridge | 2,396 |
| 5 | Three Legged Cross | 1,492 |
| 6 | Sturminster Marshall | 1,490 |