Tamworth population, 2001–2024
Tamworth has an estimated population of 81,117 (mid-2024), up 8.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Tamworth local authority area.
81,117
population, mid-2024
+8.7%
since 2001
+4.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (81,117)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81,117 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 80,586 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 79,664 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 78,842 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 77,968 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 77,698 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 77,480 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 77,327 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 77,688 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 77,632 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 77,371 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 77,308 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 77,283 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 76,895 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 76,582 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 76,255 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 75,824 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 75,407 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 75,078 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 74,724 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 74,424 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 74,544 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 74,519 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 74,596 | — |
Food businesses
Tamworth has 63 takeaways, 86 restaurants and cafés and 64 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.73 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Tamworth local authority area (code E07000199), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.