Cavendish has a population of 875, making it the 64th largest place in Suffolk.
#64
of 155 in Suffolk
The other populations of Cavendish
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Cavendish has between 570 and 875 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
875 | 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) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: West Suffolk population trends, 2001–2025.
Cavendish in context
3 km
north-east to Glemsford, the nearest larger town
37,832
people live within 10 km
#4,232
largest of 6,358 UK places
584
food businesses in West 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 Cavendish sits in postcode district CO10.
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Population since 2001
West Suffolk, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CO10
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Suffolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnby | 928 |
| 2 | Laxfield | 910 |
| 3 | Mendlesham | 884 |
| 4 | Barton Mills | 867 |
| 5 | Risby | 866 |
| 6 | Shotley | 831 |