Northumberland · England
Whittingham population
280people · latest estimate
Whittingham has a population of 280, making it the 60th largest place in Northumberland.
#60
of 68 in Northumberland
The other populations of Whittingham
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Whittingham has between 230 and 280 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
280 | 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. |
230 | 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: Northumberland population trends, 2001–2024.
Whittingham in context
8 km
north-east to Eglingham, the nearest larger town
900
people live within 10 km
#6,049
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,431
food businesses in Northumberland
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 Whittingham sits in postcode district NE66.
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Population since 2001
Northumberland, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district NE66
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Northumberland
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stamfordham | 347 |
| 2 | Cornhill on Tweed | 347 |
| 3 | Kyloe | 338 |
| 4 | Bamburgh | 279 |
| 5 | Falstone | 257 |
| 6 | Elsdon | 242 |