Tonbridge and Malling population, 2001–2024
Tonbridge and Malling has an estimated population of 136,853 (mid-2024), up 27.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Tonbridge and Malling local authority area.
136,853
population, mid-2024
+27.0%
since 2001
+9.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (136,853)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 136,853 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 135,432 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 133,655 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 132,363 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 131,791 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 131,502 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 130,149 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 128,680 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 127,090 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 125,712 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 124,603 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 123,006 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 122,046 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 121,087 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 120,054 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 118,459 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 116,967 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 115,469 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 113,536 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 111,719 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 110,441 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 109,494 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 108,673 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 107,771 | — |
Food businesses
Tonbridge and Malling has 82 takeaways, 179 restaurants and cafés and 108 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.46 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Tonbridge and Malling local authority area (code E07000115), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.