Greater London · England
Canning Town population
42,667people · latest estimate
Canning Town has a population of 42,667, making it the 49th largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Newham population trends, 2001–2025.
Canning Town 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 Canning Town sits in postcode district E16.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Newham, the billing authority covering Canning Town, is £1,944 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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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carshalton | 45,525 |
| 2 | Catford | 44,905 |
| 3 | Willesden | 44,295 |
| 4 | Holloway | 41,329 |
| 5 | Welling | 41,000 |
| 6 | Shepherds Bush | 39,724 |