West Wellow has a population of 2,929, making it the 60th largest place in Hampshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 2,116, a rise of 38.4% since.
The other populations of West Wellow
Depending on where you draw the boundary, West Wellow has between 1,585 and 2,929 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
2,929 | 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. |
1,585 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
2,116 | 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: Test Valley population trends, 2001–2025.
West Wellow in context
6 km
east to Romsey, the nearest larger town
67,553
people live within 10 km
#2,458
largest of 6,358 UK places
367
food businesses in Test Valley
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 West Wellow sits in postcode district SO51.
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Population since 2001
Test Valley, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SO51
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Hampshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overton | 3,392 |
| 2 | Odiham | 3,165 |
| 3 | Kingsclere | 3,164 |
| 4 | Anna Valley | 2,893 |
| 5 | Swanmore | 2,683 |
| 6 | Eversley | 2,600 |