Willesden population

44,295people · latest estimate

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

Willesden has a population of 44,295, making it the 48th largest place in Greater London.

#48

of 255 in Greater London

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

Willesden in context

3 km

north-east to Cricklewood, the nearest larger town

11,936,209

people live within 10 km

#288

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,137

food businesses in Brent

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 Willesden sits in postcode district NW10.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Brent, the billing authority covering Willesden, is £2,235 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 Willesden?

The populated place itself holds 44,295 residents. The wider Brent council area recorded 352,201 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

Brent, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district NW10

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#	Place	Population
1	Morden	48,233
2	Carshalton	45,525
3	Catford	44,905
4	Canning Town	42,667
5	Holloway	41,329
6	Welling	41,000

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