South Gloucestershire · England
Kingswood population
40,734people · latest estimate
Kingswood has a population of 40,734, making it the largest place in South Gloucestershire. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 64,793, a fall of 37.1% since.
The other populations of Kingswood
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
40,734 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
64,793 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: South Gloucestershire population trends, 2001–2024.
Kingswood in context
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 Kingswood sits in postcode district BS15.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for South Gloucestershire, the billing authority covering Kingswood, is £2,551 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
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Nearby in South Gloucestershire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mangotsfield | 36,427 |
| 2 | Yate | 23,703 |
| 3 | Stoke Gifford | 13,560 |
| 4 | Thornbury | 11,687 |