Eastbourne population, 2001–2024
Eastbourne has an estimated population of 104,259 (mid-2024), up 16.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Eastbourne local authority area.
104,259
population, mid-2024
+16.1%
since 2001
+2.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (104,259)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 104,259 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 103,862 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 102,304 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 101,601 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 101,984 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 102,754 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 102,544 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 102,964 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 102,610 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 101,996 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 101,328 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 100,662 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 99,990 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 99,308 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 98,510 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 98,228 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 98,361 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 97,616 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 96,532 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 95,500 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 93,772 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 92,163 | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 90,829 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 89,836 | — |
Food businesses
Eastbourne has 76 takeaways, 302 restaurants and cafés and 52 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.25 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Eastbourne has 75 hairdressers and beauty salons, 40 pubs and bars, 90 licensed restaurants, 60 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Eastbourne local authority area (code E07000061), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Eastbourne?
104,259, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Eastbourne local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Eastbourne growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 16.1% since 2001, from 89,836 to 104,259. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.