Kew population

11,436people · latest estimate

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

Kew has a population of 11,436, making it the 189th largest place in Greater London.

#189

of 255 in Greater London

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

Kew in context

2 km

north-east to Chiswick, the nearest larger town

1,932,116

people live within 10 km

#1,122

largest of 6,358 UK places

922

food businesses in Richmond upon Thames

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 Kew sits in postcode district TW9.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Richmond upon Thames, the billing authority covering Kew, is £2,486 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 Kew?

The populated place itself holds 11,436 residents. The wider Richmond upon Thames council area recorded 196,713 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

Richmond upon Thames, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district TW9

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Belsize Park	11,600
2	Wanstead	11,543
3	West End	11,543
4	Harrow Road	11,381
5	Highams Park	11,355
6	Northwood	11,300

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