St James's population

10,361people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 25 September 2026 · GeoNames

St James's has a population of 10,361, making it the 208th largest place in Greater London.

#208

of 255 in Greater London

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

St James's in context

1 km

north-west to West End, the nearest larger town

11,756,505

people live within 10 km

#1,206

largest of 6,358 UK places

3,944

food businesses in Westminster

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 James's sits in postcode district SW1A.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Westminster, the billing authority covering St James's, is £1,050 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 James's?

The populated place itself holds 10,361 residents. The wider Westminster council area recorded 212,367 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.

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Population since 2001

Westminster, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district SW1A

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Monkhams	10,422
2	Sidcup	10,400
3	Little Venice	10,366
4	East Sheen	10,348
5	Vincent Square	10,327
6	Hyde Park	10,319

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