Sefton population, 2001–2024
Sefton has an estimated population of 286,281 (mid-2024), up 1.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Sefton local authority area.
286,281
population, mid-2024
+1.2%
since 2001
+4.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (286,281)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 286,281 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 283,720 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 281,247 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 279,693 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 278,621 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 278,908 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 277,890 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 276,962 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 276,707 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 275,546 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 275,143 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 273,814 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 273,979 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 273,969 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 273,820 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 274,153 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 274,735 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 275,085 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 275,852 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 276,957 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 278,853 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 279,913 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 280,866 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 282,884 | — |
Food businesses
Sefton has 270 takeaways, 534 restaurants and cafés and 255 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.51 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Sefton local authority area (code E08000014), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.