Norfolk · England
Bowthorpe population
20,000people · latest estimate
Bowthorpe has a population of 20,000, making it the 5th largest place in Norfolk.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Norwich population trends, 2001–2025.
Bowthorpe in context
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 Bowthorpe sits in postcode district NR5.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Norwich, the billing authority covering Bowthorpe, is £2,503 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.
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| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Yarmouth | 63,434 |
| 2 | King's Lynn | 46,093 |
| 3 | Thetford | 24,833 |
| 4 | East Dereham | 19,256 |
| 5 | North Walsham | 13,007 |
| 6 | Downham Market | 10,884 |