Greater London · England
Abbey Wood population
17,700people · latest estimate
Abbey Wood has a population of 17,700, making it the 92nd largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Greenwich population trends, 2001–2025.
Abbey Wood 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 Abbey Wood sits in postcode district SE2.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Greenwich, the billing authority covering Abbey Wood, is £2,108 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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| 4 | Bethnal Green | 17,590 |
| 5 | Bayswater | 17,500 |
| 6 | Friern Barnet | 17,250 |