Lincolnshire · England
Scotter population
2,865people · latest estimate
Scotter has a population of 2,865, making it the 44th largest place in Lincolnshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 2,424, a rise of 18.2% since.
The other populations of Scotter
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
2,865 | 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. |
2,950 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
2,424 | 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: West Lindsey population trends, 2001–2025.
Scotter in context
4 km
north to Messingham, the nearest larger town
100,607
people live within 10 km
#2,485
largest of 6,358 UK places
284
food businesses in West Lindsey
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 Scotter sits in postcode district DN21.
Go deeper
Population since 2001
West Lindsey, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district DN21
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Lincolnshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nettleham | 3,437 |
| 2 | Skellingthorpe | 3,359 |
| 3 | Navenby | 2,932 |
| 4 | Donington | 2,805 |
| 5 | Caistor | 2,489 |
| 6 | Swineshead | 2,197 |