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Plymstock population

24,103people · latest estimate

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Plymstock has a population of 24,103, making it the 2nd largest place in Plymouth.

#2
of 3 in Plymouth

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Plymouth population trends, 2001–2024.

Plymstock in context

4 km
west to Plymouth, the nearest larger town
307,321
people live within 10 km
#535
largest of 6,358 UK places
Plymstock 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 Plymstock sits in postcode district PL9.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Plymouth, the billing authority covering Plymstock, is £2,442 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 Plymstock?
The populated place itself holds 24,103 residents. The wider Plymouth council area recorded 272,067 in 2024. 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
Plymouth, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district PL9
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Plymouth

#PlacePopulation
1Plymouth260,203
2Plympton8,892

All 3 places in Plymouth →