Hammersmith and Fulham population, 2001–2024
Hammersmith and Fulham has an estimated population of 188,687 (mid-2024), up 11.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Hammersmith and Fulham local authority area.
188,687
population, mid-2024
+11.4%
since 2001
+1.1%
last 10 years
2018
peak year (189,037)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 188,687 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 187,479 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 185,822 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 183,310 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 186,555 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 188,562 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 189,037 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 187,720 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 187,472 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 187,246 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 186,659 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 186,056 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 184,439 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 182,445 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 180,842 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 180,116 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 177,088 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 176,472 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 174,675 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 173,292 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 172,083 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 171,510 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 171,989 | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 169,374 | — |
Food businesses
Hammersmith and Fulham has 159 takeaways, 788 restaurants and cafés and 117 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.20 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Hammersmith and Fulham has 260 hairdressers and beauty salons, 55 pubs and bars, 205 licensed restaurants, 105 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 Hammersmith and Fulham local authority area (code E09000013), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Hammersmith and Fulham?
188,687, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Hammersmith and Fulham 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 Hammersmith and Fulham growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 11.4% since 2001, from 169,374 to 188,687. The peak year in the series so far is 2018. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.