Population Statistics
South Ruislip
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South Ruislip population

16,800people · latest estimate

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South Ruislip has a population of 16,800, making it the 98th largest place in Greater London.

#98
of 255 in Greater London

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

South Ruislip in context

2 km
north-west to Ruislip, the nearest larger town
1,282,489
people live within 10 km
#777
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,030
food businesses in Hillingdon
South Ruislip 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 Ruislip sits in postcode district HA4.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Hillingdon, the billing authority covering South Ruislip, is £2,045 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 Ruislip?
The populated place itself holds 16,800 residents. The wider Hillingdon council area recorded 326,671 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
Hillingdon, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district HA4
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Friern Barnet17,250
2Harlesden17,162
3Brockley17,156
4Plumstead16,736
5South Norwood16,518
6Harringay16,500

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