Population Statistics
Whitchurch
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Whitchurch population

13,974people · latest estimate

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Whitchurch has a population of 13,974, making it the 2nd largest place in Cardiff.

#2
of 7 in Cardiff

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Cardiff population trends, 2001–2024.

Whitchurch in context

5 km
south-east to Cardiff, the nearest larger town
501,968
people live within 10 km
#944
largest of 6,358 UK places
Whitchurch 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 Whitchurch sits in postcode district CF14.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Cardiff, the billing authority covering Whitchurch, is £2,013 for 2026–27.

From the Welsh Government's council tax levels (Table 1): the overall average including police and community council elements, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 2003 valuation — Wales revalued in 2003 where England still uses 1991.

Common questions

What is the population of Whitchurch?
The populated place itself holds 13,974 residents. The wider Cardiff council area recorded 383,919 in 2024. 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
Cardiff, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CF14
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Cardiff

#PlacePopulation
1Cardiff372,089
2Rhiwbina11,369
3Llandaff8,776
4Thornhill6,635
5Radyr4,710

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