Ashwellthorpe has a population of 454, making it the 165th largest place in Norfolk.
#165
of 221 in Norfolk
The other populations of Ashwellthorpe
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Ashwellthorpe has between 454 and 545 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
454 | 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. |
545 | 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: South Norfolk population trends, 2001–2025.
Ashwellthorpe in context
5 km
south-west to Bunwell, the nearest larger town
29,342
people live within 10 km
#5,451
largest of 6,358 UK places
374
food businesses in South Norfolk
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 Ashwellthorpe sits in postcode district NR16.
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Population since 2001
South Norfolk, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district NR16
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Norfolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trimingham | 485 |
| 2 | North Pickenham | 472 |
| 3 | Hindringham | 457 |
| 4 | Sea Palling | 451 |
| 5 | Great Bircham | 448 |
| 6 | Caston | 443 |