In the 2001 census the parish covered 5,023 acres (20.33 km2) and had 332 households with a total population of 829 of whom 394 residents were economically active.

At the southern end of the village the boundary banks of a mansio, a Roman posting station on the road, are visible.

The Parish Church of St Luke was built close to the site of the disused Tuxlith Chapel, in order to serve the communities of both Milland and Rake.

Whilst farming and working the land were most important for most people in the past, the Iron and other industries were significant from the Middle Ages.

[7] Both the Kaiser and Winston Churchill were guests of the Dowager Lady Massereene and Ferrard at Milland Place before the First World War.