Wyre Forest population, 2001–2024
Wyre Forest has an estimated population of 103,913 (mid-2024), up 7.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wyre Forest local authority area.
103,913
population, mid-2024
+7.2%
since 2001
+4.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (103,913)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 103,913 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 103,151 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 102,335 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 101,791 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 101,315 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 101,592 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 101,491 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 101,163 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 100,557 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 100,052 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 99,441 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 98,678 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 98,217 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 98,048 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 97,943 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 97,993 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 98,143 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 98,017 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 97,666 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 97,585 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 97,223 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 97,149 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 96,830 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 96,929 | — |
Food businesses
Wyre Forest has 90 takeaways, 128 restaurants and cafés and 113 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.70 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Wyre Forest local authority area (code E07000239), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.