Reigate and Banstead population, 2001–2024
Reigate and Banstead has an estimated population of 159,134 (mid-2024), up 25.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Reigate and Banstead local authority area.
159,134
population, mid-2024
+25.6%
since 2001
+10.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (159,134)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 159,134 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 156,657 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 153,828 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 151,497 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 149,545 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 149,048 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 147,887 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 146,545 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 145,621 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 144,433 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 143,529 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 141,348 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 140,083 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 138,375 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 136,741 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 134,934 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 132,857 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 131,224 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 129,190 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 127,760 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 127,222 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 126,665 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 126,272 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 126,661 | — |
Food businesses
Reigate and Banstead has 85 takeaways, 211 restaurants and cafés and 96 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.40 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Reigate and Banstead has 120 hairdressers and beauty salons, 35 pubs and bars, 55 licensed restaurants, 75 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 Reigate and Banstead local authority area (code E07000211), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Reigate and Banstead?
159,134, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Reigate and Banstead 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 Reigate and Banstead growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 25.6% since 2001, from 126,661 to 159,134. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.