Aston population

32,286people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 25 September 2026 · GeoNames

Aston has a population of 32,286, making it the 4th largest place in City and Borough of Birmingham.

of 8 in City and Borough of Birmingham

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Birmingham population trends, 2001–2025.

Aston in context

2 km

south-west to Birmingham, the nearest larger town

1,567,553

people live within 10 km

#403

largest of 6,358 UK places

3,979

food businesses in Birmingham

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 Aston sits in postcode district B6.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Birmingham, the billing authority covering Aston, is £2,363 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 Aston?

The populated place itself holds 32,286 residents. The wider Birmingham council area recorded 1,176,960 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.

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Population since 2001

Birmingham, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district B6

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in City and Borough of Birmingham

#	Place	Population
1	Birmingham	1,157,603
2	Sutton Coldfield	109,899
3	Washwood Heath	32,921
4	Acocks Green	26,635
5	Bartley Green	22,670
6	Hockley	13,919

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