West Drayton population

14,370people · latest estimate

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

West Drayton has a population of 14,370, making it the 145th largest place in Greater London.

#145

of 255 in Greater London

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

West Drayton in context

3 km

north-east to Hayes, the nearest larger town

1,017,237

people live within 10 km

#919

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,030

food businesses in Hillingdon

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 West Drayton sits in postcode district UB7.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Hillingdon, the billing authority covering West Drayton, is £2,045 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 West Drayton?

The populated place itself holds 14,370 residents. The wider Hillingdon council area recorded 326,671 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

Hillingdon, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district UB7

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Southgate	14,454
2	Northumberland Park	14,429
3	Charlton	14,385
4	Kidbrooke	14,300
5	Harrow Weald	14,300
6	Shirley	14,296

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