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Eltham population
48,964people · latest estimate
Eltham has a population of 48,964, making it the 44th largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Greenwich population trends, 2001–2025.
Eltham 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 Eltham sits in postcode district SE9.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Greenwich, the billing authority covering Eltham, is £2,108 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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| 5 | Carshalton | 45,525 |
| 6 | Catford | 44,905 |