Acton has a population of 1,475, making it the 30th largest place in Shropshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 1,671, a fall of 11.7% since.
The other populations of Acton
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. |
1,475 | 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. |
1,665 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
1,671 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
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.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Shropshire population trends, 2001–2024.
Acton in context
5 km
north to Bishop's Castle, the nearest larger town
4,048
people live within 10 km
#3,406
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,370
food businesses in Shropshire
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 Acton sits in postcode district SY7.
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Population since 2001
Shropshire, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SY7
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Shropshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alveley | 1,578 |
| 2 | Minsterley | 1,532 |
| 3 | Whittington | 1,481 |
| 4 | Great Hanwood | 1,090 |
| 5 | Ruyton-XI-Towns | 1,040 |
| 6 | Prees | 939 |