Wattisham has a population of 1,539, making it the 45th largest place in Suffolk. The World Gazetteer published 1,539 for Wattisham 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.
1,539
in 2005
#45
of 155 in Suffolk
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.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Babergh population trends, 2001–2025.
Wattisham in context
8 km
north-east to Stowmarket, the nearest larger town
41,013
people live within 10 km
#3,343
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 Wattisham sits in postcode district IP7.
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Population since 2001
Babergh, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district IP7
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Suffolk
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exning | 1,688 |
| 2 | Cookley | 1,637 |
| 3 | Great Barton | 1,600 |
| 4 | Shotley Gate | 1,511 |
| 5 | Bures Saint Mary | 1,433 |
| 6 | Lavenham | 1,413 |