
Essex · England
Shenfield population
5,460people · latest estimate
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Shenfield has a population of 5,460, making it the 38th largest place in Essex.
#38
of 153 in Essex
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Brentwood population trends, 2001–2025.
Shenfield in context
2 km
south-west to Brentwood, the nearest larger town
152,261
people live within 10 km
#1,816
largest of 6,358 UK places
266
food businesses in Brentwood
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 Shenfield sits in postcode district CM13.
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Population since 2001
Brentwood, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CM13
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Essex
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danbury | 6,673 |
| 2 | Manningtree | 5,696 |
| 3 | Ingatestone | 5,620 |
| 4 | Stansted Mountfitchet | 5,429 |
| 5 | Great Wakering | 5,400 |
| 6 | Kelvedon | 5,322 |