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Barkingside population

12,609people · latest estimate

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated · GeoNames

Barkingside has a population of 12,609, making it the 165th largest place in Greater London.

#165
of 255 in Greater London

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

Barkingside in context

3 km
south to Ilford, the nearest larger town
1,538,166
people live within 10 km
#1,043
largest of 6,358 UK places
799
food businesses in Redbridge
Barkingside in the UK

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 Barkingside sits in postcode district IG2.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Redbridge, the billing authority covering Barkingside, is £2,295 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 Barkingside?
The populated place itself holds 12,609 residents. The wider Redbridge council area recorded 321,829 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.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Redbridge, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district IG2
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Sanderstead12,777
2Queen's Park12,756
3Hornsey12,659
4Rainham12,482
5Brixton Hill12,458
6Harold Wood12,443

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