Cookley has a population of 1,637, making it the 43rd largest place in Suffolk. The World Gazetteer published 1,637 for Cookley 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.
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
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: East Suffolk population trends, 2001–2025.
Cookley in context
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 |