Whitechapel population

14,862people · latest estimate

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

Whitechapel has a population of 14,862, making it the 134th largest place in Greater London.

#134

of 255 in Greater London

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

Whitechapel in context

1 km

south-east to Shadwell, the nearest larger town

11,788,605

people live within 10 km

#881

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,675

food businesses in Tower Hamlets

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 Whitechapel sits in postcode district E1.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Tower Hamlets, the billing authority covering Whitechapel, is £1,838 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 Whitechapel?

The populated place itself holds 14,862 residents. The wider Tower Hamlets council area recorded 334,240 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

Tower Hamlets, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district E1

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Crofton Park	14,937
2	Kensal Green	14,915
3	Headstone	14,900
4	Forest Hill	14,854
5	Balham	14,751
6	Thornton Heath	14,669

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