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)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 276,274 | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 270,305 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 264,786 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 262,086 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 261,906 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 261,296 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 259,229 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 257,429 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 254,487 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 250,449 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 246,771 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 242,550 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 239,946 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 237,927 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 236,234 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 234,127 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 231,793 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 229,789 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 228,198 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 226,990 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 225,769 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 225,248 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 225,054 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 224,717 | — |
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.