Population Statistics
North Watford
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North Watford population

33,000people · latest estimate

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North Watford has a population of 33,000, making it the 13th largest place in Hertfordshire.

#13
of 128 in Hertfordshire

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

North Watford in context

3 km
south to Watford, the nearest larger town
760,957
people live within 10 km
#395
largest of 6,358 UK places
352
food businesses in Watford
North Watford 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 North Watford sits in postcode district WD24.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Watford, the billing authority covering North Watford, is £2,447 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 North Watford?
The populated place itself holds 33,000 residents. The wider Watford council area recorded 107,658 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
Watford, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district WD24
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Hertfordshire

#PlacePopulation
1Hitchin35,220
2Hoddesdon35,174
3Letchworth Garden City33,990
4Harpenden30,674
5Bushey28,416
6Hertford25,847

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