Finchley population

65,812people · latest estimate

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

Finchley has a population of 65,812, making it the 34th largest place in Greater London.

#34

of 255 in Greater London

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

Finchley in context

6 km

south-east to Archway, the nearest larger town

2,581,071

people live within 10 km

#176

largest of 6,358 UK places

974

food businesses in Barnet

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 Finchley sits in postcode district N3.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Barnet, the billing authority covering Finchley, is £2,133 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 Finchley?

The populated place itself holds 65,812 residents. The wider Barnet council area recorded 408,087 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

Barnet, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district N3

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Stamford Hill	68,050
2	Brixton	66,300
3	Hounslow	66,292
4	Cricklewood	65,000
5	Mitcham	63,393
6	Feltham	63,368

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