Merton population, 2001–2024
Merton has an estimated population of 218,539 (mid-2024), up 14.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Merton local authority area.
218,539
population, mid-2024
+14.4%
since 2001
+3.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (218,539)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 218,539 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 217,135 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 215,105 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 215,426 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 217,101 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 217,219 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 216,171 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 215,431 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 215,514 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 213,791 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 211,025 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 208,529 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 205,166 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 200,543 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 199,136 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 198,136 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 195,859 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 194,260 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 192,520 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 190,583 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 188,908 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 189,298 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 190,561 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 191,106 | — |
Food businesses
Merton has 105 takeaways, 613 restaurants and cafés and 54 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.17 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Merton local authority area (code E09000024), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.