Enfield Town population

156,858people · latest estimate

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

Enfield Town has a population of 156,858, making it the 11th largest place in Greater London.

#11

of 255 in Greater London

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

Enfield Town in context

10 km

south to Archway, the nearest larger town

1,444,785

people live within 10 km

#58

largest of 6,358 UK places

974

food businesses in Enfield

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 Enfield Town sits in postcode district EN2.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Enfield, the billing authority covering Enfield Town, is £2,268 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 Enfield Town?

The populated place itself holds 156,858 residents. The wider Enfield council area recorded 329,400 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

Enfield, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district EN2

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Sutton	187,600
2	Croydon	173,314
3	Ilford	168,168
4	Harrow	149,246
5	Tottenham	130,000
6	Walthamstow	109,424

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