Epping Forest population, 2001–2024
Epping Forest has an estimated population of 137,451 (mid-2024), up 13.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Epping Forest local authority area.
137,451
population, mid-2024
+13.6%
since 2001
+5.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (137,451)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 137,451 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 136,176 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 134,889 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 134,941 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 134,569 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 134,206 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 133,373 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 132,376 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 131,587 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 130,848 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 130,040 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 128,068 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 126,599 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 124,880 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 124,189 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 123,820 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 123,365 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 122,877 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 122,530 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 121,735 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 121,495 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 121,404 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 121,482 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 120,972 | — |
Food businesses
Epping Forest has 42 takeaways, 234 restaurants and cafés and 116 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.18 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 3.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Epping Forest local authority area (code E07000072), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.