Maldon population, 2001–2024
Maldon has an estimated population of 69,131 (mid-2024), up 16.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Maldon local authority area.
69,131
population, mid-2024
+16.0%
since 2001
+10.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (69,131)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69,131 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 68,400 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 67,624 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 66,611 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 65,090 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 64,481 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 64,015 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 63,743 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 63,319 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 62,796 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 62,807 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 62,184 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 61,942 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 61,720 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 61,845 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 61,815 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 61,660 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 61,398 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 60,993 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 60,662 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 60,303 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 59,996 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 59,750 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 59,589 | — |
Food businesses
Maldon has 56 takeaways, 127 restaurants and cafés and 65 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.44 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Maldon local authority area (code E07000074), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.