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.
High street businesses
Warrington has 190 hairdressers and beauty salons, 75 pubs and bars, 85 licensed restaurants, 145 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 Warrington local authority area (code E06000007), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Warrington?
215,391, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Warrington 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 Warrington growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 12.7% since 2001, from 191,202 to 215,391. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.