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Bethnal Green population
17,590people · latest estimate
Bethnal Green has a population of 17,590, making it the 93rd largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Tower Hamlets population trends, 2001–2025.
Bethnal Green 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 Bethnal Green sits in postcode district E2.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Tower Hamlets, the billing authority covering Bethnal Green, is £1,838 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 | Bayswater | 17,500 |
| 5 | Friern Barnet | 17,250 |
| 6 | Harlesden | 17,162 |