Wokingham population, 2001–2024
Wokingham has an estimated population of 187,200 (mid-2024), up 24.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wokingham local authority area.
187,200
population, mid-2024
+24.5%
since 2001
+17.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (187,200)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 187,200 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 184,561 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 181,318 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 178,231 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 174,708 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 171,789 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 168,734 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 165,664 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 163,797 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 161,773 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 159,576 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 158,372 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 157,038 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 154,943 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 154,650 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 154,165 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 153,191 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 152,144 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 150,548 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 149,598 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 149,008 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 148,794 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 149,445 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 150,334 | — |
Food businesses
Wokingham has 56 takeaways, 220 restaurants and cafés and 82 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.25 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 3.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Wokingham local authority area (code E06000041), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.