Westminster population, 2001–2024
Westminster has an estimated population of 209,996 (mid-2024), up 3.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Westminster local authority area.
209,996
population, mid-2024
+3.3%
since 2001
-2.0%
last 10 years
2005
peak year (223,132)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 209,996 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 210,665 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 209,333 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 205,759 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 205,624 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 208,415 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 209,868 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 210,459 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 213,193 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 215,876 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 214,341 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 215,907 | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 219,539 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 219,582 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 217,187 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 216,980 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 218,673 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 220,619 | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 222,829 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 223,132 | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 214,557 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 211,009 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 208,100 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 203,329 | — |
Food businesses
Westminster has 284 takeaways, 3,504 restaurants and cafés and 156 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.08 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 13.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Westminster local authority area (code E09000033), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.