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Havering population, 2001–2024

Havering has an estimated population of 276,274 (mid-2024), up 22.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Havering local authority area.

276,274
population, mid-2024
+22.9%
since 2001
+12.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (276,274)
2005201020152020 225k 276k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024276,274+2.2%
2023270,305+2.1%
2022264,786+1.0%
2021262,086+0.1%
2020261,906+0.2%
2019261,296+0.8%
2018259,229+0.7%
2017257,429+1.2%
2016254,487+1.6%
2015250,449+1.5%
2014246,771+1.7%
2013242,550+1.1%
2012239,946+0.8%
2011237,927+0.7%
2010236,234+0.9%
2009234,127+1.0%
2008231,793+0.9%
2007229,789+0.7%
2006228,198+0.5%
2005226,990+0.5%
2004225,769+0.2%
2003225,248+0.1%
2002225,054+0.1%
2001224,717

Food businesses

Havering has 54 takeaways, 267 restaurants and cafés and 21 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.20 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 2.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.

Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Havering local authority area (code E09000016), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.