Population Statistics
South Croydon
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South Croydon population

55,198people · latest estimate

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South Croydon has a population of 55,198, making it the 42nd largest place in Greater London.

#42
of 255 in Greater London

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

South Croydon in context

2 km
north to Croydon, the nearest larger town
1,145,479
people live within 10 km
#222
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,090
food businesses in Croydon
South Croydon 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 South Croydon sits in postcode district CR2.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Croydon, the billing authority covering South Croydon, 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.

Common questions

What is the population of South Croydon?
The populated place itself holds 55,198 residents. The wider Croydon council area recorded 410,085 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
Croydon, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CR2
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Beckenham60,739
2Chelsea60,000
3Streatham58,055
4Leytonstone54,696
5Eltham48,964
6Morden48,233

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