Population Estimates

This page includes the underlying data and a summary of the ONS population estimates by age and sex. The data tables of the mid-2024 estimates for Surrey and its Districts and Boroughs are included below. The 2023 estimates for other geographies have not yet been released, the page will continue to hold the mid-2022 estimates for these geographies until they can be updated.

Surrey-i also includes the 2021 Census data around population and household statistics.

Surrey-I also includes summaries and data about population projections.

Headline figures

• As of mid-2024, there are an estimated 1,248,649 residents in Surrey.

• The resident population of Surrey has been estimated to have grown by 1.1 per cent between mid-2023 and -2024 (13,515 residents).

• The majority of the Surrey annual population growth is from international migration (with only +11,002 net international migration) and internal migration (with only +1,693 net internal migration from the rest of the UK). The majority of people moving into Surrey are from the rest of the UK (77,432 residents) compared to internationally (19,226 residents).

• Over the past 10 years, the resident population of Surrey has been estimated to have grown by 7.0 per cent in between mid-2014 and -2024 (representing 81,654 residents).

• One in every five residents are aged 65 and over in Surrey and this group has grown by 12.4 per cent between 2014 and 2024 (representing an additional 26,445 residents).

• On a whole, there are more children in Surrey than ten years ago (15,749 additional residents aged 17 and under, representing a growth of 6.2%).

• The mid-2024 population estimates for Surrey Districts and Boroughs are (in descending order):

  • Reigate and Banstead - 159,134,

  • Guildford - 151,359,

  • Elmbridge - 141,926,

  • Waverley - 134,284,

  • Woking - 105,679,

  • Spelthorne - 107,074,

  • Surrey Heath - 94,492,

  • Runnymede - 92,118,

  • Tandridge - 90,586,

  • Mole Valley - 88,709,

  • Epsom and Ewell - 83,288.

• Population estimates for the two new successor Unitary authorities of East Surrey and West Surrey have also been calculated, in advance of these councils existing. These values (from 2011) have been added to the Council areas spreadsheet posted at bottom of this page. For mid-2024 the total populations of these areas were:

  • East Surrey - 563,643.

  • West Surrey - 685,006.

• As of 2024, there are 751 residents per km squared in Surrey which is higher than the South East and England averages (506 and 450 respectively).

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