Wealden population, 2001–2024
Wealden has an estimated population of 166,908 (mid-2024), up 19.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wealden local authority area.
166,908
population, mid-2024
+19.1%
since 2001
+8.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (166,908)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 166,908 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 164,861 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 163,091 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 160,711 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 158,291 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 157,543 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 156,791 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 156,379 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 156,056 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 155,361 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 154,017 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 151,825 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 150,608 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 149,415 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 147,861 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 146,612 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 146,539 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 146,207 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 145,094 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 144,084 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 143,404 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 142,444 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 141,150 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 140,184 | — |
Food businesses
Wealden has 75 takeaways, 265 restaurants and cafés and 127 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.28 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Wealden local authority area (code E07000065), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.