Wandsworth population, 2001–2024
Wandsworth has an estimated population of 337,655 (mid-2024), up 24.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wandsworth local authority area.
337,655
population, mid-2024
+24.3%
since 2001
+5.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (337,655)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 337,655 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 333,859 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 330,447 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 328,429 | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 333,678 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 334,558 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 331,069 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 329,493 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 326,413 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 322,658 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 319,898 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 316,810 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 312,262 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 307,710 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 302,620 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 299,347 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 294,305 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 291,440 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 287,538 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 283,229 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 278,615 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 276,828 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 274,917 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 271,742 | — |
Food businesses
Wandsworth has 182 takeaways, 1,290 restaurants and cafés and 137 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.14 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Wandsworth has 320 hairdressers and beauty salons, 55 pubs and bars, 245 licensed restaurants, 190 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 Wandsworth local authority area (code E09000032), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Wandsworth?
337,655, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Wandsworth 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 Wandsworth growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 24.3% since 2001, from 271,742 to 337,655. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.