Walsall population, 2001–2024
Walsall has an estimated population of 295,678 (mid-2024), up 16.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Walsall local authority area.
295,678
population, mid-2024
+16.7%
since 2001
+8.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (295,678)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 295,678 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 291,237 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 286,804 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 284,392 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 284,578 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 284,600 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 282,921 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 281,229 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 278,429 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 275,490 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 273,764 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 271,704 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 270,517 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 269,524 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 266,834 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 264,774 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 263,034 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 260,939 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 259,454 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 258,172 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 256,702 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 255,352 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 254,287 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 253,333 | — |
Food businesses
Walsall has 300 takeaways, 364 restaurants and cafés and 169 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.82 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Walsall local authority area (code E08000030), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.