Cookley has a population of 1,637, making it the 43rd largest place in Suffolk. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 1,637, a rise of 0.0% since.
The other populations of Cookley
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Cookley has between 1,637 and 1,970 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,637 | 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. |
1,970 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
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.
Cookley in context
5 km
north-east to Halesworth, the nearest larger town
11,708
people live within 10 km
#3,250
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 Cookley sits in postcode district IP19.
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Nearby in Suffolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woolpit | 1,753 |
| 2 | Botesdale | 1,742 |
| 3 | Exning | 1,688 |
| 4 | Great Barton | 1,600 |
| 5 | Wattisham | 1,539 |
| 6 | Shotley Gate | 1,511 |