Oxfordshire · England
Somerton population
4,225people · latest estimate
Somerton has a population of 4,225, making it the 23rd largest place in Oxfordshire. The World Gazetteer published 4,225 for Somerton in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
The other populations of Somerton
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Somerton has between 4,225 and 5,100 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
4,225 | 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. |
5,100 | 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: Cherwell population trends, 2001–2025.
Somerton 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 Somerton sits in postcode district OX25.
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Nearby in Oxfordshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonning Common | 4,821 |
| 2 | Shrivenham | 4,676 |
| 3 | Eynsham | 4,648 |
| 4 | Goring | 4,079 |
| 5 | Claydon | 3,983 |
| 6 | Woodstock | 3,521 |