Sinfin population

15,128people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · GeoNames

Sinfin has a population of 15,128, making it the 2nd largest place in Derby.

of 4 in Derby

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

Sinfin in context

5 km

north to Derby, the nearest larger town

336,606

people live within 10 km

#859

largest of 6,358 UK places

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 Sinfin sits in postcode district DE24.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Derby, the billing authority covering Sinfin, is £2,306 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 Sinfin?

The populated place itself holds 15,128 residents. The wider Derby council area recorded 274,149 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

Derby, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district DE24

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Derby

#	Place	Population
1	Derby	270,468
2	Oakwood	13,419
3	Chaddesden	13,413

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