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Surbiton
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Surbiton population

38,158people · latest estimate

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Surbiton has a population of 38,158, making it the 53rd largest place in Greater London.

#53
of 255 in Greater London

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

Surbiton in context

5 km
south-west to Esher, the nearest larger town
1,227,026
people live within 10 km
#335
largest of 6,358 UK places
675
food businesses in Kingston upon Thames
Surbiton 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 Surbiton sits in postcode district KT6.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Kingston upon Thames, the billing authority covering Surbiton, is £2,609 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 Surbiton?
The populated place itself holds 38,158 residents. The wider Kingston upon Thames council area recorded 172,761 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
Kingston upon Thames, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district KT6
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Holloway41,329
2Welling41,000
3Shepherds Bush39,724
4Greenford38,000
5Heston37,045
6Stratford36,666

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