Welwyn Hatfield population, 2001–2024
Welwyn Hatfield has an estimated population of 122,819 (mid-2024), up 25.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Welwyn Hatfield local authority area.
122,819
population, mid-2024
+25.9%
since 2001
+9.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (122,819)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 122,819 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 121,668 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 120,308 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 119,747 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 119,806 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 119,180 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 118,365 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 117,617 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 116,637 | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 113,972 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 112,166 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 111,990 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 110,684 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 110,727 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 109,630 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 108,434 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 107,442 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 106,694 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 105,096 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 103,202 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 100,470 | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 99,198 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 98,136 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 97,550 | — |
Food businesses
Welwyn Hatfield has 61 takeaways, 187 restaurants and cafés and 52 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.33 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Welwyn Hatfield local authority area (code E07000241), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.