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Streatham
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Streatham population

58,055people · latest estimate

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Streatham has a population of 58,055, making it the 41st largest place in Greater London.

#41
of 255 in Greater London

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

Streatham in context

4 km
south-west to Mitcham, the nearest larger town
11,119,359
people live within 10 km
#211
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,368
food businesses in Lambeth
Streatham 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 Streatham sits in postcode district SW16.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Lambeth, the billing authority covering Streatham, is £2,047 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 Streatham?
The populated place itself holds 58,055 residents. The wider Lambeth council area recorded 314,298 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
Lambeth, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SW16
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Acton62,480
2Beckenham60,739
3Chelsea60,000
4South Croydon55,198
5Leytonstone54,696
6Eltham48,964

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