Oxfordshire · England
Somerton population
4,225people · latest estimate
Somerton has a population of 4,225, making it the 23rd largest place in Oxfordshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 4,225, a rise of 0.0% since.
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
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.
Somerton in context
10 km
south-east to Bicester, the nearest larger town
22,752
people live within 10 km
#2,070
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 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 |