City of Leicester · England
Birstall population
12,216people · latest estimate
Birstall has a population of 12,216, making it the 3rd largest place in City of Leicester. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 11,736, a rise of 4.1% since.
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The other populations of Birstall
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
12,216 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
14,315 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
11,736 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Leicester population trends, 2001–2025.
Birstall in context
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 Birstall sits in postcode district LE4.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Leicester, the billing authority covering Birstall, is £2,529 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
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Nearby in City of Leicester
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leicester | 368,600 |
| 2 | Humberstone | 18,854 |
| 3 | Belgrave | 11,558 |
| 4 | Aylestone | 11,151 |
| 5 | Wolsey Island | 430 |