Peterborough · England
Thorney population
1,745people · latest estimate
Thorney has a population of 1,745, making it the 4th largest place in Peterborough. The 2005 World Gazetteer recorded 1,703 for Thorney, but drew the settlement's boundary differently, so the two are not directly comparable.
The other populations of Thorney
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,745 | 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. |
1,655 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
1,703 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Peterborough population trends, 2001–2025.
Thorney 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 Thorney sits in postcode district PE6.
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Nearby in Peterborough
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peterborough | 163,379 |
| 2 | Eye | 2,875 |
| 3 | Wittering | 2,348 |
| 4 | Glinton | 1,740 |
| 5 | Castor | 1,393 |
| 6 | Northborough | 1,318 |