Greater London · England
Thamesmead population
31,824people · latest estimate
Thamesmead has a population of 31,824, making it the 58th largest place in Greater London.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Greenwich population trends, 2001–2025.
Thamesmead in context
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 Thamesmead sits in postcode district SE28.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Greenwich, the billing authority covering Thamesmead, is £2,108 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.