As of the 2020 census, its population was 153,549, up from 142,787 in 2010,[2] and it contained 80,885 housing units.

It is the most populated township in Marion County.

Center Township includes downtown Indianapolis and part of Beech Grove.

[2] (These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

The township contains five notable cemeteries: Concordia, Crown Hill, Hebrew, Holy Cross and Saint Joseph, and New Crown.