Lee population

14,573people · latest estimate

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

Lee has a population of 14,573, making it the 139th largest place in Greater London.

#139

of 255 in Greater London

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

Lee in context

1 km

north to Blackheath, the nearest larger town

1,218,237

people live within 10 km

#903

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,114

food businesses in Lewisham

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 Lee sits in postcode district SE12.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Lewisham, the billing authority covering Lee, is £2,237 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 Lee?

The populated place itself holds 14,573 residents. The wider Lewisham council area recorded 301,037 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

Lewisham, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district SE12

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Balham	14,751
2	Thornton Heath	14,669
3	St. Ann's	14,638
4	Ladywell	14,515
5	Chelsfield	14,507
6	Southgate	14,454

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