Warrington population, 2001–2024
Warrington has an estimated population of 215,391 (mid-2024), up 12.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Warrington local authority area.
215,391
population, mid-2024
+12.7%
since 2001
+3.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (215,391)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 215,391 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 213,598 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 211,756 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 211,182 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 211,627 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 212,245 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 212,008 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 212,137 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 210,873 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 209,575 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 208,056 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 205,905 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 203,914 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 202,709 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 201,309 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 200,057 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 198,187 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 196,559 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 194,603 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 192,992 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 191,837 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 191,987 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 191,615 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 191,202 | — |
Food businesses
Warrington has 188 takeaways, 370 restaurants and cafés and 168 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.51 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Warrington local authority area (code E06000007), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.