Arun population, 2001–2024
Arun has an estimated population of 170,064 (mid-2024), up 20.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Arun local authority area.
170,064
population, mid-2024
+20.6%
since 2001
+9.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (170,064)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 170,064 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 168,102 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 166,288 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 165,219 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 163,661 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 163,310 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 162,647 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 161,338 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 159,363 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 157,474 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 155,983 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 154,034 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 152,162 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 149,811 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 149,467 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 148,891 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 148,458 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 147,725 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 146,750 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 145,985 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 145,149 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 143,458 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 142,385 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 140,998 | — |
Food businesses
Arun has 125 takeaways, 268 restaurants and cafés and 123 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.47 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Arun local authority area (code E07000224), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.