Population Statistics
Bishopstoke
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Bishopstoke population

17,667people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated · GeoNames · World Gazetteer 2005

Bishopstoke has a population of 17,667, making it the 20th largest place in Hampshire. The World Gazetteer published 17,667 for Bishopstoke in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.

17,667
in 2005
#20
of 142 in Hampshire
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.

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

Bishopstoke in context

2 km
west to Eastleigh, the nearest larger town
435,434
people live within 10 km
#735
largest of 6,358 UK places
340
food businesses in Eastleigh
Bishopstoke 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 Bishopstoke sits in postcode district SO50.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Eastleigh, the billing authority covering Bishopstoke, is £2,342 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 Bishopstoke?
The populated place itself holds 17,667 residents. The wider Eastleigh council area recorded 143,710 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
Eastleigh, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SO50
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Hampshire

#PlacePopulation
1Alton19,425
2Emsworth18,777
3Hedge End17,978
4Romsey17,161
5Hayling Island16,887
6Tadley15,836

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