From “The Changing Village, A Study Of Villages In Hampshire, Wiltshire & Dorset”, conducted by Miss Hilary Tinley for the Arthur Rank Centre, National Agricultural Centre, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LZ, during 1980:
Codford In West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire
Population
Electoral roll 569. There are few outlying settlements. There has been a minimal increase in population in the Wylye Valley since 1961 and future increases will tend to result from in-migration rather than from natural growth. The proportion of retired people is above the average for West Wiltshire, but this village has a far smaller proportion of old people than many neighbouring villages.