Population Statistics
Leytonstone
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Leytonstone population

54,696people · latest estimate

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Leytonstone has a population of 54,696, making it the 43rd largest place in Greater London.

#43
of 255 in Greater London

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

Leytonstone in context

3 km
north-west to Walthamstow, the nearest larger town
2,364,097
people live within 10 km
#226
largest of 6,358 UK places
964
food businesses in Waltham Forest
Leytonstone 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 Leytonstone sits in postcode district E11.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Waltham Forest, the billing authority covering Leytonstone, is £2,387 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 Leytonstone?
The populated place itself holds 54,696 residents. The wider Waltham Forest council area recorded 283,713 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.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Waltham Forest, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district E11
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Chelsea60,000
2Streatham58,055
3South Croydon55,198
4Eltham48,964
5Morden48,233
6Carshalton45,525

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