Population Statistics
South Norwood
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South Norwood population

16,518people · latest estimate

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South Norwood has a population of 16,518, making it the 100th largest place in Greater London.

#100
of 255 in Greater London

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

South Norwood in context

3 km
south-west to Croydon, the nearest larger town
1,350,910
people live within 10 km
#789
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,090
food businesses in Croydon
South Norwood 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 Norwood sits in postcode district SE25.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Croydon, the billing authority covering South Norwood, 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 Norwood?
The populated place itself holds 16,518 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 SE25
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Brockley17,156
2South Ruislip16,800
3Plumstead16,736
4Harringay16,500
5Norbury16,476
6Enfield Lock16,469

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