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.
High street businesses
Walsall has 205 hairdressers and beauty salons, 85 pubs and bars, 50 licensed restaurants, 205 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
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.
Common questions
What is the population of Walsall?
295,678, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Walsall local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Walsall growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 16.7% since 2001, from 253,333 to 295,678. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.