Tunbridge Wells population, 2001–2024
Tunbridge Wells has an estimated population of 119,694 (mid-2024), up 15.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Tunbridge Wells local authority area.
119,694
population, mid-2024
+15.0%
since 2001
+3.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (119,694)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 119,694 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 117,741 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 116,263 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 115,650 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 115,271 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 115,158 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 114,940 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 115,559 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 115,198 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 114,769 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 115,228 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 115,164 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 115,402 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 115,246 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 114,040 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 112,774 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 111,251 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 108,927 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 107,052 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 105,877 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 105,131 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 104,390 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 104,206 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 104,049 | — |
Food businesses
Tunbridge Wells has 65 takeaways, 244 restaurants and cafés and 87 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.27 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Tunbridge Wells local authority area (code E07000116), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.