East Dulwich population

12,321people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 25 September 2026 · GeoNames

East Dulwich has a population of 12,321, making it the 171st largest place in Greater London.

#171

of 255 in Greater London

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

East Dulwich in context

2 km

east to Forest Hill, the nearest larger town

11,235,702

people live within 10 km

#1,057

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,739

food businesses in Southwark

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 East Dulwich sits in postcode district SE22.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Southwark, the billing authority covering East Dulwich, is £1,967 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 East Dulwich?

The populated place itself holds 12,321 residents. The wider Southwark council area recorded 312,366 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.

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Population since 2001

Southwark, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district SE22

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Harold Wood	12,443
2	Hillingdon	12,403
3	Cranford	12,330
4	Crystal Palace	12,255
5	Marylebone	12,157
6	Edgwarebury	12,100

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