Botesdale has a population of 1,742, making it the 41st largest place in Suffolk. The World Gazetteer published 1,742 for Botesdale in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
1,742
in 2005
#41
of 155 in Suffolk
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: Mid Suffolk population trends, 2001–2025.
Botesdale in context
1 km
south-west to Rickinghall, the nearest larger town
25,988
people live within 10 km
#3,162
largest of 6,358 UK places
261
food businesses in Mid Suffolk
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 Botesdale sits in postcode district IP22.
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Population since 2001
Mid Suffolk, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district IP22
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile