Rattlesden has a population of 320, making it the 136th largest place in Suffolk.
#136
of 155 in Suffolk
The other populations of Rattlesden
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
320 | 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. |
305 | 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: Mid Suffolk population trends, 2001–2025.
Rattlesden in context
3 km
north to Woolpit, the nearest larger town
38,508
people live within 10 km
#5,903
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 Rattlesden sits in postcode district IP30.
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Population since 2001
Mid Suffolk, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district IP30
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Suffolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wetheringsett | 334 |
| 2 | Fornham St. Genevieve | 324 |
| 3 | Honington | 323 |
| 4 | Bromeswell | 314 |
| 5 | Witnesham | 309 |
| 6 | Horham | 305 |