West Berkshire · England
Wickham population
1,958people · latest estimate
Wickham has a population of 1,958, making it the 13th largest place in West Berkshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 1,958, a rise of 0.0% since.
The other populations of Wickham
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. |
1,958 | 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. |
2,170 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
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.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: West Berkshire population trends, 2001–2024.
Wickham in context
5 km
south to Kintbury, the nearest larger town
51,589
people live within 10 km
#2,981
largest of 6,358 UK places
476
food businesses in West Berkshire
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 Wickham sits in postcode district RG20.
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Population since 2001
West Berkshire, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district RG20
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in West Berkshire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winterbourne | 2,168 |
| 2 | Hermitage | 2,157 |
| 3 | Kintbury | 2,094 |
| 4 | Compton | 1,571 |
| 5 | Upper Basildon | 1,405 |
| 6 | Bradfield | 1,161 |