Sheffield · England
Fulwood population
18,233people · latest estimate
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Fulwood has a population of 18,233, making it the 5th largest place in Sheffield.
#5
of 8 in Sheffield
The other populations of Fulwood
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Fulwood has between 18,233 and 34,690 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
18,233 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
34,690 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Sheffield population trends, 2001–2024.
Fulwood in context
4 km
east to Nether Edge, the nearest larger town
651,001
people live within 10 km
#715
largest of 6,358 UK places
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 Fulwood sits in postcode district S11.
Common questions
What is the population of Fulwood?
The populated place itself holds 18,233 residents. The wider Sheffield council area recorded 582,493 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
Sheffield, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district S11
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Sheffield
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burngreave | 27,481 |
| 2 | Chapeltown | 23,056 |
| 3 | Nether Edge | 18,890 |
| 4 | Stocksbridge | 13,069 |
| 5 | Beighton | 10,914 |
| 6 | Oughtibridge | 4,939 |