Essex · England
Hadleigh population
18,300people · latest estimate
Hadleigh has a population of 18,300, making it the 18th largest place in Essex.
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The other populations of Hadleigh
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Hadleigh has between 8,640 and 18,300 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
18,300 | 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. |
8,640 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Castle Point population trends, 2001–2025.
Hadleigh 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 Hadleigh sits in postcode district SS7.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Castle Point, the billing authority covering Hadleigh, is £2,319 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.
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Nearby in Essex
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldon | 23,380 |
| 2 | Waltham Abbey | 22,858 |
| 3 | Harwich | 20,723 |
| 4 | Walton-on-the-Naze | 17,458 |
| 5 | Frinton-on-Sea | 16,941 |
| 6 | Rochford | 16,739 |