Tendring population, 2001–2024
Tendring has an estimated population of 156,759 (mid-2024), up 12.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Tendring local authority area.
156,759
population, mid-2024
+12.9%
since 2001
+11.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (156,759)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 156,759 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 154,321 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 151,530 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 148,925 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 146,255 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 145,696 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 145,128 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 144,323 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 143,023 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 141,531 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 140,275 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 138,862 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 138,278 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 138,062 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 139,058 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 139,593 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 140,421 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 140,523 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 140,423 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 140,325 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 140,340 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 139,909 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 139,318 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 138,802 | — |
Food businesses
Tendring has 145 takeaways, 292 restaurants and cafés and 104 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.50 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Tendring local authority area (code E07000076), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.