Shotley has a population of 831, making it the 67th largest place in Suffolk.
#67
of 155 in Suffolk
The other populations of Shotley
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Shotley has between 550 and 831 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
831 | 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. |
550 | 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: Babergh population trends, 2001–2025.
Shotley in context
2 km
south-east to Shotley Gate, the nearest larger town
53,654
people live within 10 km
#4,326
largest of 6,358 UK places
290
food businesses in Babergh
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 Shotley sits in postcode district IP9.
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Population since 2001
Babergh, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district IP9
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Suffolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cavendish | 875 |
| 2 | Barton Mills | 867 |
| 3 | Risby | 866 |
| 4 | Wrentham | 830 |
| 5 | Old Newton | 828 |
| 6 | Great Finborough | 808 |