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Barnes population

21,218people · latest estimate

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Barnes has a population of 21,218, making it the 79th largest place in Greater London.

#79
of 255 in Greater London

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

Barnes in context

2 km
north to Chiswick, the nearest larger town
11,445,410
people live within 10 km
#605
largest of 6,358 UK places
922
food businesses in Richmond upon Thames
Barnes 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 Barnes sits in postcode district SW13.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Richmond upon Thames, the billing authority covering Barnes, is £2,486 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 Barnes?
The populated place itself holds 21,218 residents. The wider Richmond upon Thames council area recorded 196,713 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
Richmond upon Thames, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SW13
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Woodford Green22,803
2Hadley Wood21,639
3Richmond21,469
4Notting Hill21,000
5Wallington20,850
6Pimlico20,709

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