Nether Compton has a population of 328, making it the 78th largest place in Dorset.
The other populations of Nether Compton
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Nether Compton has between 328 and 400 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
328 | 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
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Dorset population trends, 2001–2024.
Nether Compton 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 Nether Compton sits in postcode district DT9.
Food and drink on the high street
| Registered premises | Count |
|---|---|
| Pubs, bars and nightclubs (25.0 per 10,000 residents) | 1 |
Counts are registered food premises in the Nether Compton built-up area (400 residents at the 2021 census), from the FSA food hygiene register, extracted 17 August 2026. The boundary is drawn from where the buildings are, so these figures cover the town itself rather than the wider council area, and no total is shown because the register also lists premises nobody would call a venue: school kitchens, care homes, warehouses. Compare towns →
Broadband
| Availability | % of homes |
|---|---|
| Gigabit-capable (1,000 Mbit/s+) | 0.0% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.4% |
Share of the 153 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 | Owermoigne | 334 |
| 2 | Fontmell Magna | 333 |
| 3 | West Lulworth | 332 |
| 4 | Winfrith Newburgh | 326 |
| 5 | Trent | 317 |
| 6 | Whitchurch Canonicorum | 312 |