Purton has a population of 3,554, making it the 23rd largest place in Wiltshire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 3,402, a rise of 4.5% since.
The other populations of Purton
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. |
3,554 | 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. |
3,190 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
3,402 | 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.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Wiltshire population trends, 2001–2024.
Purton in context
6 km
south to Royal Wootton Bassett, the nearest larger town
233,759
people live within 10 km
#2,251
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,485
food businesses in Wiltshire
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 Purton sits in postcode district SN5.
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Population since 2001
Wiltshire, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SN5
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile