Palmers Green population

15,162people · latest estimate

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

Palmers Green has a population of 15,162, making it the 125th largest place in Greater London.

#125

of 255 in Greater London

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

Palmers Green in context

2 km

south to Wood Green, the nearest larger town

2,064,090

people live within 10 km

#856

largest of 6,358 UK places

974

food businesses in Enfield

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 Palmers Green sits in postcode district N13.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Enfield, the billing authority covering Palmers Green, is £2,268 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 Palmers Green?

The populated place itself holds 15,162 residents. The wider Enfield council area recorded 329,400 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

Enfield, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district N13

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Manor Park	15,318
2	Orpington	15,248
3	West Ealing	15,169
4	Totteridge	15,159
5	Shadwell	15,110
6	Tottenham Hale	15,064

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