Population Statistics
Broadstone

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · England

Broadstone population

10,289people · latest estimate

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Broadstone has a population of 10,289, making it the 6th largest place in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole population trends, 2001–2025.

Broadstone in context

2 km
east to Canford Heath, the nearest larger town
391,104
people live within 10 km
#1,213
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,499
Broadstone in the UK

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 Broadstone sits in postcode district BH18.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, the billing authority covering Broadstone, is £2,436 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Broadstone?
The populated place itself holds 10,289 residents. The wider Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area recorded 405,829 in 2025. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district BH18
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

#PlacePopulation
1Christchurch31,372
2Wimborne Minster15,552
3Canford Heath14,418
4Parkstone9,593
5Oakley2,400

All 8 places in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council →