Population Statistics
Walthamstow
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Walthamstow population

109,424people · latest estimate

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Walthamstow has a population of 109,424, making it the 14th largest place in Greater London.

#14
of 255 in Greater London

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

Walthamstow in context

4 km
north-west to Tottenham, the nearest larger town
2,478,695
people live within 10 km
#95
largest of 6,358 UK places
964
food businesses in Waltham Forest
Walthamstow 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 Walthamstow sits in postcode district E17.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Waltham Forest, the billing authority covering Walthamstow, is £2,387 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 Walthamstow?
The populated place itself holds 109,424 residents. The wider Waltham Forest council area recorded 283,713 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
Waltham Forest, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district E17
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Enfield Town156,858
2Harrow149,246
3Tottenham130,000
4Dagenham108,368
5Becontree100,000
6Romford95,000

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