Population Statistics
Carshalton
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Carshalton population

45,525people · latest estimate

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Carshalton has a population of 45,525, making it the 46th largest place in Greater London.

#46
of 255 in Greater London

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

Carshalton in context

3 km
south-west to Sutton, the nearest larger town
1,344,971
people live within 10 km
#280
largest of 6,358 UK places
559
food businesses in Sutton
Carshalton 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 Carshalton sits in postcode district SM5.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Sutton, the billing authority covering Carshalton, is £2,379 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 Carshalton?
The populated place itself holds 45,525 residents. The wider Sutton council area recorded 213,972 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
Sutton, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SM5
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Leytonstone54,696
2Eltham48,964
3Morden48,233
4Catford44,905
5Willesden44,295
6Canning Town42,667

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