Barnet population, 2001–2024
Barnet has an estimated population of 405,050 (mid-2024), up 26.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Barnet local authority area.
405,050
population, mid-2024
+26.8%
since 2001
+8.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (405,050)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 405,050 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 398,191 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 390,371 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 388,955 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 391,046 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 390,590 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 387,574 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 384,117 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 382,925 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 377,826 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 373,853 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 368,611 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 363,260 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 357,538 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 351,438 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 345,829 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 339,212 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 334,837 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 330,801 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 327,541 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 323,723 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 321,802 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 320,552 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 319,481 | — |
Food businesses
Barnet has 244 takeaways, 622 restaurants and cafés and 108 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.39 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Barnet local authority area (code E09000003), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.