Enfield population, 2001–2024
Enfield has an estimated population of 327,434 (mid-2024), up 18.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Enfield local authority area.
327,434
population, mid-2024
+18.1%
since 2001
+0.3%
last 10 years
2019
peak year (335,151)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 327,434 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 328,014 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 326,867 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 329,876 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 333,149 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 335,151 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 334,000 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 333,077 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 333,295 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 330,868 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 326,340 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 321,754 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 317,780 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 313,935 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 307,648 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 301,971 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 297,443 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 291,534 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 287,429 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 284,779 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 282,217 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 281,835 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 280,745 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 277,266 | — |
Food businesses
Enfield has 272 takeaways, 567 restaurants and cafés and 135 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.48 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Enfield local authority area (code E09000010), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.