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Solihull population, 2001–2024

Solihull has an estimated population of 221,242 (mid-2024), up 10.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Solihull local authority area.

221,242
population, mid-2024
+10.9%
since 2001
+4.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (221,242)
2005201020152020 200k 221k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024221,242+0.7%
2023219,710+0.8%
2022217,957+0.6%
2021216,677+0.1%
2020216,432+0.1%
2019216,323+0.7%
2018214,901+0.3%
2017214,330+0.6%
2016213,061+0.6%
2015211,697+0.2%
2014211,205+1.0%
2013209,115+0.7%
2012207,729+0.4%
2011206,856+0.3%
2010206,329+0.4%
2009205,470+0.3%
2008204,778+0.8%
2007203,170+0.4%
2006202,351+0.4%
2005201,557+0.2%
2004201,153+0.3%
2003200,536+0.3%
2002200,028+0.2%
2001199,574

Food businesses

Solihull has 99 takeaways, 374 restaurants and cafés and 105 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.26 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.

Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Solihull local authority area (code E08000029), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.