Herefordshire · England
Shobdon population
656people · latest estimate
Shobdon has a population of 656, making it the 21st largest place in Herefordshire.
#21
of 35 in Herefordshire
The other populations of Shobdon
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Shobdon has between 480 and 656 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
656 | 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. |
480 | 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: Herefordshire, County of population trends, 2001–2025.
Shobdon in context
7 km
north to Wigmore, the nearest larger town
19,817
people live within 10 km
#4,774
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.
The centre of Shobdon sits in postcode district HR6.
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Population since 2001
Herefordshire, County of, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district HR6
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Herefordshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peterchurch | 732 |
| 2 | Madley | 712 |
| 3 | Weston under Penyard | 670 |
| 4 | Crow Hill | 602 |
| 5 | Leintwardine | 592 |
| 6 | Orleton | 573 |