Caersws has a population of 816, making it the 22nd largest place in Sir Powys.
#22
of 41 in Sir Powys
The other populations of Caersws
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Caersws has between 570 and 816 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
816 | 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. |
570 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
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Caersws in context
9 km
east to Newtown, the nearest larger town
14,376
people live within 10 km
#4,368
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 Caersws sits in postcode district SY17.