Waverley population, 2001–2024
Waverley has an estimated population of 134,284 (mid-2024), up 16.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Waverley local authority area.
134,284
population, mid-2024
+16.1%
since 2001
+8.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (134,284)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 134,284 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 132,749 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 130,327 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 128,880 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 126,260 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 125,691 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 125,159 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 125,138 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 124,949 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 124,436 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 123,839 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 123,121 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 122,173 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 121,754 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 120,957 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 120,106 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 119,012 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 118,098 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 117,038 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 116,357 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 116,230 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 116,024 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 115,573 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 115,668 | — |
Food businesses
Waverley has 58 takeaways, 225 restaurants and cafés and 96 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.26 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Waverley local authority area (code E07000216), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.