Eastbourne population, 2001–2024
Eastbourne has an estimated population of 104,259 (mid-2024), up 16.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Eastbourne local authority area.
104,259
population, mid-2024
+16.1%
since 2001
+2.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (104,259)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 104,259 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 103,862 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 102,304 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 101,601 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 101,984 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 102,754 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 102,544 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 102,964 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 102,610 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 101,996 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 101,328 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 100,662 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 99,990 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 99,308 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 98,510 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 98,228 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 98,361 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 97,616 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 96,532 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 95,500 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 93,772 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 92,163 | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 90,829 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 89,836 | — |
Food businesses
Eastbourne has 76 takeaways, 302 restaurants and cafés and 52 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 7.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Eastbourne local authority area (code E07000061), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.