Stoke-on-Trent · England
Longton population
27,214people · latest estimate
Longton has a population of 27,214, making it the 2nd largest place in Stoke-on-Trent. The 2005 World Gazetteer recorded 12,794 for Longton, but drew the settlement's boundary differently, so the two are not directly comparable.
The other populations of Longton
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Longton has between 10,910 and 27,214 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
27,214 | 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. |
10,910 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
12,794 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Stoke-on-Trent population trends, 2001–2024.
Longton 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 Longton sits in postcode district ST3.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Stoke-on-Trent, the billing authority covering Longton, is £2,183 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.
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| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoke-on-Trent | 258,366 |
| 2 | Tunstall | 6,232 |