Population Statistics
Coulsdon
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Coulsdon population

25,530people · latest estimate

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Coulsdon has a population of 25,530, making it the 69th largest place in Greater London.

#69
of 255 in Greater London

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

Coulsdon in context

3 km
north-east to Purley, the nearest larger town
1,053,500
people live within 10 km
#508
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,090
food businesses in Croydon
Coulsdon 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 Coulsdon sits in postcode district CR5.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Croydon, the billing authority covering Coulsdon, is £2,600 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 Coulsdon?
The populated place itself holds 25,530 residents. The wider Croydon council area recorded 410,085 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
Croydon, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CR5
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Highbury26,664
2Camden Town26,122
3Northolt26,000
4Hornchurch25,470
5Blackheath25,116
6Isleworth25,008

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