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.
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.