Enfield population, 2001–2024
Enfield has an estimated population of 327,434 (mid-2024), up 18.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Enfield local authority area.
327,434
population, mid-2024
+18.1%
since 2001
+0.3%
last 10 years
2019
peak year (335,151)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 327,434 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 328,014 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 326,867 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 329,876 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 333,149 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 335,151 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 334,000 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 333,077 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 333,295 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 330,868 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 326,340 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 321,754 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 317,780 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 313,935 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 307,648 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 301,971 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 297,443 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 291,534 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 287,429 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 284,779 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 282,217 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 281,835 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 280,745 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 277,266 | — |
Food businesses
Enfield has 272 takeaways, 567 restaurants and cafés and 135 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.48 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Enfield has 415 hairdressers and beauty salons, 50 pubs and bars, 160 licensed restaurants, 235 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 Enfield local authority area (code E09000010), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Enfield?
327,434, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Enfield 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 Enfield growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 18.1% since 2001, from 277,266 to 327,434. The peak year in the series so far is 2019. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.