Fareham population, 2001–2024
Fareham has an estimated population of 115,428 (mid-2024), up 6.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Fareham local authority area.
115,428
population, mid-2024
+6.7%
since 2001
+1.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (115,428)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 115,428 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 114,776 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 114,626 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 114,952 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 114,777 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 114,879 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 115,115 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 115,232 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 115,102 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 114,480 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 114,156 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 113,410 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 113,033 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 111,931 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 111,382 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 110,832 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 110,205 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 109,399 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 108,397 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 108,077 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 108,473 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 108,545 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 108,451 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 108,152 | — |
Food businesses
Fareham has 44 takeaways, 172 restaurants and cafés and 62 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.26 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 3.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Fareham local authority area (code E07000087), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.