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West Watford population

12,800people · latest estimate

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated · GeoNames

West Watford has a population of 12,800, making it the 24th largest place in Hertfordshire.

#24
of 128 in Hertfordshire

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

West Watford in context

1 km
east to Watford, the nearest larger town
601,109
people live within 10 km
#1,029
largest of 6,358 UK places
352
food businesses in Watford
West 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 West Watford sits in postcode district WD18.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Watford, the billing authority covering West 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 West Watford?
The populated place itself holds 12,800 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 WD18
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Hertfordshire

#PlacePopulation
1Royston15,781
2Croxley Green13,500
3Broxbourne13,298
4Batchworth12,600
5Tring11,929
6Chorleywood11,917

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