Great Yarmouth population, 2001–2024
Great Yarmouth has an estimated population of 100,529 (mid-2024), up 10.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Great Yarmouth local authority area.
100,529
population, mid-2024
+10.5%
since 2001
+2.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (100,529)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100,529 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 100,209 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 99,798 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 100,179 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 99,851 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 100,448 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 100,343 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 100,181 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 99,471 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 99,031 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 98,520 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 98,076 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 97,682 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 97,424 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 97,063 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 96,414 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 95,924 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 95,211 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 94,545 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 94,113 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 93,316 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 92,526 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 91,437 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 90,945 | — |
Food businesses
Great Yarmouth has 176 takeaways, 240 restaurants and cafés and 118 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.73 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 17.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Great Yarmouth local authority area (code E07000145), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.