Ashdon has a population of 553, making it the 131st largest place in Essex.
#131
of 153 in Essex
The other populations of Ashdon
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Ashdon has between 245 and 553 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
553 | 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. |
245 | 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: Uttlesford population trends, 2001–2025.
Ashdon in context
5 km
east to Castle Camps, the nearest larger town
58,218
people live within 10 km
#5,125
largest of 6,358 UK places
371
food businesses in Uttlesford
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 Ashdon sits in postcode district CB10.
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Population since 2001
Uttlesford, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CB10
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Essex
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Sampford | 586 |
| 2 | Peldon | 559 |
| 3 | Chrishall | 555 |
| 4 | Margaretting | 527 |
| 5 | Purleigh | 526 |
| 6 | Ridgewell | 509 |