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Sanderstead population
12,777people · latest estimate
Sanderstead has a population of 12,777, making it the 162nd largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Croydon population trends, 2001–2025.
Sanderstead in context
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 Sanderstead sits in postcode district CR2.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Croydon, the billing authority covering Sanderstead, is £2,600 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.
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