Orpington population

15,248people · latest estimate

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

Orpington has a population of 15,248, making it the 123rd largest place in Greater London.

#123

of 255 in Greater London

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

Orpington in context

5 km

north-west to Chislehurst, the nearest larger town

551,883

people live within 10 km

#853

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,209

food businesses in Bromley

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 Orpington sits in postcode district BR6.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Bromley, the billing authority covering Orpington, is £2,140 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 Orpington?

The populated place itself holds 15,248 residents. The wider Bromley council area recorded 336,048 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

Bromley, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district BR6

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Furzedown	15,504
2	Latchmere	15,358
3	Manor Park	15,318
4	West Ealing	15,169
5	Palmers Green	15,162
6	Totteridge	15,159

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