Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland
Portpatrick population
620people · latest estimate
Portpatrick has a population of 620, making it the 25th largest place in Dumfries and Galloway. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 599, a rise of 3.5% since.
The other populations of Portpatrick
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. |
620 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
599 | 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: Dumfries and Galloway population trends, 2001–2024.
Portpatrick in context
9 km
north-east to Stranraer, the nearest larger town
11,130
people live within 10 km
#4,902
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.
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Nearby in Dumfries and Galloway
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whithorn | 790 |
| 2 | Eaglesfield | 680 |
| 3 | Creetown | 650 |
| 4 | Cargenbridge | 610 |
| 5 | Glenluce | 600 |
| 6 | Moniaive | 500 |