Woking population, 2001–2024
Woking has an estimated population of 105,679 (mid-2024), up 17.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Woking local authority area.
105,679
population, mid-2024
+17.6%
since 2001
+3.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (105,679)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 105,679 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 105,053 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 104,432 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 103,900 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 103,882 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 104,423 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 104,510 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 104,299 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 104,233 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 103,286 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 102,588 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 101,831 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 100,565 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 99,493 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 98,201 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 96,597 | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 95,530 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 94,397 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 92,838 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 91,072 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 89,798 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 89,646 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 89,289 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 89,893 | — |
Food businesses
Woking has 72 takeaways, 177 restaurants and cafés and 55 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.41 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Woking local authority area (code E07000217), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.