Hayes population

15,908people · latest estimate

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

Hayes has a population of 15,908, making it the 112th largest place in Greater London.

#112

of 255 in Greater London

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

Hayes in context

5 km

north-west to Beckenham, the nearest larger town

760,487

people live within 10 km

#819

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,209

food businesses in Bromley

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 Hayes sits in postcode district BR2.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Bromley, the billing authority covering Hayes, is £2,140 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 Hayes?

The populated place itself holds 15,908 residents. The wider Bromley council area recorded 336,048 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

Bromley, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district BR2

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Limehouse	15,986
2	Seven Sisters	15,968
3	Ealing Common	15,945
4	New Cross	15,756
5	Ponders End	15,664
6	Perry Vale	15,618

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