Population Statistics
St. Helier
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St. Helier population

11,949people · latest estimate

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St. Helier has a population of 11,949, making it the 178th largest place in Greater London.

#178
of 255 in Greater London

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

St. Helier in context

2 km
south-east to Carshalton, the nearest larger town
1,471,571
people live within 10 km
#1,078
largest of 6,358 UK places
559
food businesses in Sutton
St. Helier 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 St. Helier sits in postcode district SM5.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Sutton, the billing authority covering St. Helier, is £2,379 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 St. Helier?
The populated place itself holds 11,949 residents. The wider Sutton council area recorded 213,972 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
Sutton, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SM5
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Canonbury12,072
2Elm Park12,048
3Emerson Park11,977
4Snaresbrook11,868
5Northwood Hills11,800
6Stroud Green11,758

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