Goodmayes population

13,069people · latest estimate

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

Goodmayes has a population of 13,069, making it the 158th largest place in Greater London.

#158

of 255 in Greater London

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

Goodmayes in context

2 km

south-east to Becontree, the nearest larger town

1,363,975

people live within 10 km

#1,008

largest of 6,358 UK places

799

food businesses in Redbridge

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 Goodmayes sits in postcode district IG3.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Redbridge, the billing authority covering Goodmayes, is £2,295 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 Goodmayes?

The populated place itself holds 13,069 residents. The wider Redbridge council area recorded 321,829 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

Redbridge, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district IG3

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Gipsy Hill	13,712
2	World's End	13,700
3	Ickenham	13,600
4	Abbey Road	13,043
5	Osterley	13,031
6	Holborn	13,023

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