Mells has a population of 638, making it the 83rd largest place in Somerset.
#83
of 147 in Somerset
The other populations of Mells
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Mells has between 340 and 638 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
638 | 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. |
340 | 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: Somerset population trends, 2001–2024.
Mells in context
4 km
south to Nunney, the nearest larger town
62,018
people live within 10 km
#4,854
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 Mells sits in postcode district BA11.
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Population since 2001
Somerset, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district BA11
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Somerset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Othery | 642 |
| 2 | Kingsbury Episcopi | 641 |
| 3 | North Cadbury | 638 |
| 4 | East Brent | 628 |
| 5 | Lympsham | 618 |
| 6 | Fivehead | 609 |