Chappel has a population of 403, making it the 142nd largest place in Essex.
#142
of 153 in Essex
The other populations of Chappel
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Chappel has between 220 and 403 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
403 | 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. |
220 | 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: Colchester population trends, 2001–2025.
Chappel in context
2 km
south to Great Tey, the nearest larger town
39,874
people live within 10 km
#5,601
largest of 6,358 UK places
739
food businesses in Colchester
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 Chappel sits in postcode district CO6.
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Population since 2001
Colchester, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CO6
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Essex
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wendens Ambo | 473 |
| 2 | Hempstead | 451 |
| 3 | Rettendon | 448 |
| 4 | Tolleshunt Major | 393 |
| 5 | Roxwell | 381 |
| 6 | Moreton | 366 |