Redbridge population, 2001–2024
Redbridge has an estimated population of 321,231 (mid-2024), up 32.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Redbridge local authority area.
321,231
population, mid-2024
+32.8%
since 2001
+8.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (321,231)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 321,231 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 316,556 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 311,629 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 310,130 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 311,750 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 311,780 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 308,841 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 305,937 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 304,369 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 301,022 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 295,837 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 289,976 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 285,437 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 281,395 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 275,088 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 270,435 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 265,452 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 259,965 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 255,590 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 251,560 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 248,774 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 247,412 | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 244,273 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 241,893 | — |
Food businesses
Redbridge has 333 takeaways, 400 restaurants and cafés and 66 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.83 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Redbridge has 250 hairdressers and beauty salons, 25 pubs and bars, 140 licensed restaurants, 250 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 Redbridge local authority area (code E09000026), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Redbridge?
321,231, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Redbridge 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 Redbridge growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 32.8% since 2001, from 241,893 to 321,231. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.