Sparkford has a population of 460, making it the 103rd largest place in Somerset.
#103
of 147 in Somerset
The other populations of Sparkford
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Sparkford has between 460 and 555 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
460 | 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. |
555 | 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.
Sparkford in context
2 km
south-west to Queen Camel, the nearest larger town
9,838
people live within 10 km
#5,426
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 Sparkford sits in postcode district BA22.
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Population since 2001
Somerset, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district BA22
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Somerset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltonsborough | 523 |
| 2 | Henton | 501 |
| 3 | East Chinnock | 479 |
| 4 | West Camel | 459 |
| 5 | Hinton St George | 442 |
| 6 | Batcombe | 439 |