Up until the 1950s, the population of Clutton remained under 100 people (72 in 1801, 89 in 1851, 78 in 1901 and 67 in 1951). By 2001 the village had a population of 259. According to the 2001 census, the civil parish was combined with neighbouring Carden civil parish and the figure was given as 328, with the combined figure increasing further to 371 in the 2011 census. The population of Clutton has expanded the most in the past few decades which coincided with the counter-urbanisation movement of the population in the UK.
