Braintree population, 2001–2024
Braintree has an estimated population of 164,304 (mid-2024), up 24.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Braintree local authority area.
164,304
population, mid-2024
+24.0%
since 2001
+9.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (164,304)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 164,304 | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 160,494 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 157,656 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 155,693 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 154,107 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 153,439 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 152,353 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 152,422 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 151,848 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 150,908 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 150,314 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 149,285 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 148,443 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 147,514 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 145,972 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 144,589 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 143,894 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 142,344 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 140,921 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 139,160 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 137,426 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 135,767 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 134,272 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 132,482 | — |
Food businesses
Braintree has 96 takeaways, 227 restaurants and cafés and 141 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.42 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Braintree local authority area (code E07000067), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.