New Barnet population

14,000people · latest estimate

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

New Barnet has a population of 14,000, making it the 152nd largest place in Greater London.

#152

of 255 in Greater London

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

New Barnet in context

1 km

east to East Barnet, the nearest larger town

1,119,337

people live within 10 km

#942

largest of 6,358 UK places

974

food businesses in Barnet

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 New Barnet sits in postcode district EN5.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Barnet, the billing authority covering New Barnet, is £2,133 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 New Barnet?

The populated place itself holds 14,000 residents. The wider Barnet council area recorded 408,087 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

Barnet, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district EN5

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	West Wickham	14,276
2	Leyton	14,184
3	King's Cross	14,082
4	Bickley	13,904
5	Rotherhithe	13,743
6	Gipsy Hill	13,712

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