Compton has a population of 3,120, making it the 75th largest place in Surrey. The 2005 World Gazetteer recorded 1,555 for Compton, but drew the settlement's boundary differently, so the two are not directly comparable.
1,555
in 2005
#75
of 128 in Surrey
The other populations of Compton
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. |
3,120 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
1,555 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
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.
Compton in context
1 km
west to Farnham, the nearest larger town
222,808
people live within 10 km
#2,386
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 Compton sits in postcode district GU9.
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Nearby in Surrey
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whyteleafe | 3,315 |
| 2 | Old Woking | 3,192 |
| 3 | Chipstead | 3,136 |
| 4 | Ditton Hill | 3,024 |
| 5 | Virginia Water | 2,999 |
| 6 | Chobham | 2,835 |