Osmington has a population of 227, making it the 89th largest place in Dorset.
#89
of 93 in Dorset
The other populations of Osmington
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. |
227 | 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. |
210 | 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.
Osmington in context
3 km
west to Overcombe, the nearest larger town
91,829
people live within 10 km
#6,190
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 Osmington sits in postcode district DT3.
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Population since 2001
Dorset, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district DT3
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Dorset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worth Matravers | 275 |
| 2 | East Lulworth | 241 |
| 3 | Iwerne Courtney | 232 |
| 4 | Compton Abbas | 216 |
| 5 | Farnham | 183 |
| 6 | Tarrant Hinton | 160 |