Southwark population, 2001–2024
Southwark has an estimated population of 314,786 (mid-2024), up 22.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Southwark local authority area.
314,786
population, mid-2024
+22.6%
since 2001
+5.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (314,786)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 314,786 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 313,485 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 309,327 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 306,762 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 312,055 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 312,591 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 310,492 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 307,640 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 306,720 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 304,048 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 299,685 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 297,868 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 293,078 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 288,717 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 283,777 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 281,120 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 276,973 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 272,626 | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 267,553 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 261,811 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 257,257 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 255,242 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 256,269 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 256,712 | — |
Food businesses
Southwark has 597 takeaways, 946 restaurants and cafés and 196 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.63 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 19.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Southwark local authority area (code E09000028), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.