Three Rivers population, 2001–2024
Three Rivers has an estimated population of 95,807 (mid-2024), up 15.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Three Rivers local authority area.
95,807
population, mid-2024
+15.6%
since 2001
+5.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (95,807)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 95,807 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 95,093 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 94,231 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 93,934 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 93,795 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 93,443 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 93,209 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 93,075 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 92,959 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 91,961 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 90,723 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 89,814 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 89,115 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 87,921 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 87,573 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 87,096 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 86,205 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 85,282 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 84,466 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 84,305 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 83,963 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 83,946 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 83,448 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 82,905 | — |
Food businesses
Three Rivers has 44 takeaways, 123 restaurants and cafés and 51 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.36 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Three Rivers local authority area (code E07000102), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.