West Sussex · England
Washington population
1,930people · latest estimate
Washington has a population of 1,930, making it the 49th largest place in West Sussex.
#49
of 97 in West Sussex
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Horsham population trends, 2001–2025.
Washington has no city status, making it the 90th largest town in the UK.
Washington in context
3 km
north to Ashington, the nearest larger town
162,472
people live within 10 km
#2,999
largest of 6,358 UK places
361
food businesses in Horsham
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Washington sits in postcode district RH20.
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Population since 2001
Horsham, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district RH20
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile