Surrey Heath population, 2001–2024
Surrey Heath has an estimated population of 94,492 (mid-2024), up 17.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Surrey Heath local authority area.
94,492
population, mid-2024
+17.7%
since 2001
+6.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (94,492)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94,492 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 93,220 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 91,470 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 90,653 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 90,457 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 90,544 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 89,550 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 89,537 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 89,397 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 88,945 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 88,437 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 87,591 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 86,985 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 86,378 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 85,843 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 85,142 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 84,345 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 84,214 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 83,284 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 82,321 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 81,631 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 80,938 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 80,358 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 80,309 | — |
Food businesses
Surrey Heath has 105 takeaways, 147 restaurants and cafés and 50 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.71 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Surrey Heath has 75 hairdressers and beauty salons, 25 pubs and bars, 40 licensed restaurants, 70 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 Surrey Heath local authority area (code E07000214), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Surrey Heath?
94,492, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Surrey Heath 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 Surrey Heath growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 17.7% since 2001, from 80,309 to 94,492. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.