Welney has a population of 542, making it the 148th largest place in Norfolk.
#148
of 221 in Norfolk
The other populations of Welney
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Welney has between 265 and 542 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
542 | 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. |
265 | 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: King's Lynn and West Norfolk population trends, 2001–2025.
Welney in context
6 km
south-west to Manea, the nearest larger town
19,729
people live within 10 km
#5,153
largest of 6,358 UK places
556
food businesses in King's Lynn and West 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 Welney sits in postcode district PE14.
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Population since 2001
King's Lynn and West Norfolk, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district PE14
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Norfolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mileham | 563 |
| 2 | Weybourne | 543 |
| 3 | Garboldisham | 543 |
| 4 | Surlingham | 542 |
| 5 | East Rudham | 541 |
| 6 | Marsham | 521 |