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Hook population

18,973people · latest estimate

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Hook has a population of 18,973, making it the 88th largest place in Greater London.

#88
of 255 in Greater London

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

Hook in context

1 km
south to Chessington, the nearest larger town
972,833
people live within 10 km
#686
largest of 6,358 UK places
675
food businesses in Kingston upon Thames
Hook in the UK

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 Hook sits in postcode district KT9.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Kingston upon Thames, the billing authority covering Hook, is £2,609 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 Hook?
The populated place itself holds 18,973 residents. The wider Kingston upon Thames council area recorded 172,761 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.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Kingston upon Thames, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district KT9
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Blackwall19,461
2Chessington19,433
3Pinner19,158
4Golders Green18,818
5Wealdstone18,500
6East Barnet18,100

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