Norfolk · England
Hunstanton population
9,332people · latest estimate
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Hunstanton has a population of 9,332, making it the 13th largest place in Norfolk. The 2005 World Gazetteer recorded 4,605 for Hunstanton, but drew the settlement's boundary differently, so the two are not directly comparable.
4,605
in 2005
#13
of 221 in Norfolk
The other populations of Hunstanton
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Hunstanton has between 4,230 and 9,332 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
9,332 | 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. |
4,230 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
4,605 | 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.
Hunstanton in context
23 km
south to King's Lynn, the nearest larger town
19,567
people live within 10 km
#1,312
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 Hunstanton sits in postcode district PE36.
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Nearby in Norfolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attleborough | 10,549 |
| 2 | Bradwell | 10,000 |
| 3 | Watton | 9,924 |
| 4 | Caister-on-Sea | 8,901 |
| 5 | Cromer | 8,801 |
| 6 | Fakenham | 8,285 |