Leicestershire · England
Somerby population
548people · latest estimate
Somerby has a population of 548, making it the 96th largest place in Leicestershire.
#96
of 123 in Leicestershire
The other populations of Somerby
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Somerby has between 295 and 548 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
548 | 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. |
295 | 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: Melton population trends, 2001–2025.
Somerby in context
5 km
north-west to Great Dalby, the nearest larger town
43,175
people live within 10 km
#5,135
largest of 6,358 UK places
200
food businesses in Melton
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 Somerby sits in postcode district LE14.
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Population since 2001
Melton, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district LE14
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Leicestershire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrussington | 581 |
| 2 | Hose | 580 |
| 3 | Great Dalby | 562 |
| 4 | Seagrave | 546 |
| 5 | Newtown Limford | 537 |
| 6 | Croxton Kerrial | 530 |