Sandwell population, 2001–2024
Sandwell has an estimated population of 353,860 (mid-2024), up 24.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Sandwell local authority area.
353,860
population, mid-2024
+24.3%
since 2001
+10.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (353,860)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 353,860 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 349,834 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 345,697 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 341,895 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 341,436 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 340,198 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 336,977 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 333,826 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 330,051 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 325,911 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 321,610 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 317,499 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 312,710 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 309,042 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 306,181 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 302,303 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 298,358 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 294,603 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 292,516 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 290,447 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 288,849 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 287,135 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 285,637 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 284,594 | — |
Food businesses
Sandwell has 422 takeaways, 467 restaurants and cafés and 117 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.90 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Sandwell local authority area (code E08000028), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.