Wandsworth population, 2001–2024
Wandsworth has an estimated population of 337,655 (mid-2024), up 24.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wandsworth local authority area.
337,655
population, mid-2024
+24.3%
since 2001
+5.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (337,655)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 337,655 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 333,859 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 330,447 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 328,429 | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 333,678 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 334,558 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 331,069 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 329,493 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 326,413 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 322,658 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 319,898 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 316,810 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 312,262 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 307,710 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 302,620 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 299,347 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 294,305 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 291,440 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 287,538 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 283,229 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 278,615 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 276,828 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 274,917 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 271,742 | — |
Food businesses
Wandsworth has 182 takeaways, 1,290 restaurants and cafés and 137 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.14 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 Wandsworth local authority area (code E09000032), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.