Kenley population

14,966people · latest estimate

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

Kenley has a population of 14,966, making it the 129th largest place in Greater London.

#129

of 255 in Greater London

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

Kenley in context

1 km

north-west to Purley, the nearest larger town

916,278

people live within 10 km

#871

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,090

food businesses in Croydon

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 Kenley sits in postcode district CR8.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Croydon, the billing authority covering Kenley, is £2,600 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 Kenley?

The populated place itself holds 14,966 residents. The wider Croydon council area recorded 410,085 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

Croydon, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district CR8

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Totteridge	15,159
2	Shadwell	15,110
3	Tottenham Hale	15,064
4	Sudbury	14,950
5	Crofton Park	14,937
6	Kensal Green	14,915

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