Essex

County in East of England

County

The population development of Essex.

Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Essex	County	1,310,835	1,393,587	1,503,521	1,563,365	→
East of England	Region	5,388,140	5,846,965	6,335,074	6,576,306

Contents: Settlements

The population development of the settlements in Essex.

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Name	Status	County / District	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Abridge	Built-up Area	Essex	1,500	1,613	1,650	1,566	→
Alresford	Built-up Area	Essex	2,125	2,009	2,463	2,824	→
Althorne	Built-up Area	Essex	791	825	811	819	→
Ardleigh	Built-up Area	Essex	909	912	1,044	1,155	→
Ashingdon	Built-up Area	Essex	6,338	6,767	6,488	6,622	→
Barnston	Built-up Area	Essex	850	947	926	890	→
Basildon	Built-up Area	Essex	99,793	105,093	115,964	120,808	→
Berechurch	Built-up Area	Essex	6,309	6,185	7,705	7,826	→
Bicknacre	Built-up Area	Essex	2,326	2,270	2,278	2,304	→
Billericay	Built-up Area	Essex	32,761	33,215	34,072	34,191	→
Birchanger	Built-up Area	Essex	661	931	958	1,059	→
Blackmore	Built-up Area	Essex	1,170	1,155	1,168	1,169	→
Black Notley	Built-up Area	Essex	1,306	1,988	1,934	1,980	→
Boreham	Built-up Area	Essex	3,188	3,244	3,561	3,687	→
Boxted	Built-up Area	Essex	699	725	701	684	→
Boxted Cross	Built-up Area	Essex	662	654	725	732	→
Bradfield (Bradfield Heath)	Built-up Area	Essex	1,094	1,112	1,251	1,269	→
Braintree	Built-up Area	Essex	35,445	41,360	43,215	44,951	→
Brentwood	Built-up Area	Essex	47,925	52,586	55,358	57,013	→
Brightlingsea	Built-up Area	Essex	8,146	8,076	8,679	8,939	→
Broadley Common	Built-up Area	Essex	314	335	388	567	→
Broomfield	Built-up Area	Essex	2,647	2,990	3,491	3,529	→
Buckhurst Hill	Built-up Area	Essex	10,738	11,380	11,749	11,982	→
Bures	Built-up Area	Essex	1,031	1,089	1,184	1,220	→
Burnham-on-Crouch	Built-up Area	Essex	6,807	6,732	7,802	8,350	→
Canewdon	Built-up Area	Essex	1,085	1,072	1,215	1,264	→
Canvey Island	Built-up Area	Essex	37,164	37,835	38,003	38,242	→
Castle Hedingham	Built-up Area	Essex	1,012	1,063	1,045	1,052	→
Chelmsford	Built-up Area	Essex	92,108	101,587	110,606	115,807	→
Chigwell	Built-up Area	Essex	10,288	10,780	12,244	12,696	→
Chigwell Row	Built-up Area	Essex	1,951	1,972	2,116	2,102	→
Chipping Ongar	Built-up Area	Essex	3,653	3,597	3,925	3,939	→
Clacton-on-Sea	Built-up Area	Essex	51,284	50,548	53,208	55,568	→
Clavering	Built-up Area	Essex	865	882	951	957	→
Coggeshall	Built-up Area	Essex	3,609	3,872	3,765	3,787	→
Colchester	Built-up Area	Essex	98,941	113,316	130,248	136,773	→
Cold Norton	Built-up Area	Essex	1,103	1,099	1,159	1,184	→
Colne Engaine	Built-up Area	Essex	979	1,008	996	1,003	→
Coopersale	Built-up Area	Essex	1,017	1,006	1,067	1,050	→
Copford	Built-up Area	Essex	1,591	1,695	1,791	1,827	→
Crays Hill	Built-up Area	Essex	1,085	1,838	1,218	1,450	→
Danbury	Built-up Area	Essex	6,001	6,083	6,195	6,059	→
Dedham	Built-up Area	Essex	763	719	811	803	→
Dedham Heath	Built-up Area	Essex	546	575	601	562	→
Doddinghurst	Built-up Area	Essex	4,124	4,123	4,065	4,112	→
Earls Colne	Built-up Area	Essex	2,832	3,105	3,363	3,757	→
East Hanningfield	Built-up Area	Essex	938	977	930	990	→
Eight Ash Green	Built-up Area	Essex	1,750	1,730	1,770	1,967	→
Elder Street	Built-up Area	Essex	492	851	539	587	→
Elmstead Market	Built-up Area	Essex	1,682	1,646	1,768	2,145	→
Elsenham	Built-up Area	Essex	2,252	2,272	3,419	3,575	→
Epping	Built-up Area	Essex	9,264	9,620	10,700	10,915	→
Felsted	Built-up Area	Essex	1,239	1,315	1,233	1,275	→
Finchingfield	Built-up Area	Essex	755	711	725	713	→
Fordham	Built-up Area	Essex	818	835	840	886	→
Frinton-on-Sea	Built-up Area	Essex	4,814	4,687	4,866	4,905	→
Galleywood	Built-up Area	Essex	6,321	6,148	6,412	6,422	→
Goldhanger	Built-up Area	Essex	647	654	752	756	→
Gosfield	Built-up Area	Essex	1,364	1,362	1,455	1,610	→
Great Bardfield	Built-up Area	Essex	1,238	1,227	1,374	1,469	→
Great Bentley	Built-up Area	Essex	1,613	1,545	1,746	1,996	→
Great Chesterford	Built-up Area	Essex	1,424	1,494	1,776	1,784	→
Great Dunmow	Built-up Area	Essex	6,827	8,655	10,396	11,393	→
Great Horkesley	Built-up Area	Essex	1,813	2,011	2,230	2,343	→
Great Leighs	Built-up Area	Essex	1,643	2,709	2,973	3,026	→
Great Notley	Built-up Area	Essex	5,489	7,434	7,660	8,135	→
Great Oakley	Built-up Area	Essex	671	702	708	723	→
Great Tey	Built-up Area	Essex	615	620	607	582	→
Great Totham	Built-up Area	Essex	2,553	2,697	2,775	2,846	→
Great Wakering	Built-up Area	Essex	6,279	6,430	6,772	7,390	→
Great Waltham	Built-up Area	Essex	860	847	894	909	→
Great Yeldham	Built-up Area	Essex	1,601	1,733	1,825	1,987	→
Halstead	Built-up Area	Essex	11,424	12,279	13,907	14,875	→
Hare Green	Built-up Area	Essex	702	664	678	754	→
Harlow	Built-up Area	Essex	78,665	81,850	93,566	98,523	→
Harwich	Built-up Area	Essex	18,710	19,256	20,220	20,995	→
Hatfield Broad Oak	Built-up Area	Essex	869	916	904	918	→
Hatfield Heath	Built-up Area	Essex	1,514	1,717	1,786	1,745	→
Hatfield Peverel	Built-up Area	Essex	3,674	3,677	3,623	4,436	→
Henham	Built-up Area	Essex	912	924	1,043	1,050	→
Heybridge Basin	Built-up Area	Essex	759	760	744	807	→
High Easter	Built-up Area	Essex	657	754	720	716	→
High Garrett	Built-up Area	Essex	805	830	799	838	→
High Roding	Built-up Area	Essex	471	478	581	568	→
Hockley (/ Hawkwell)	Built-up Area	Essex	13,929	14,876	15,427	15,967	→
Howe Green	Built-up Area	Essex	591	666	649	642	→
Hullbridge	Built-up Area	Essex	5,723	5,760	5,706	6,244	→
Ingatestone	Built-up Area	Essex	4,757	5,108	5,409	5,614	→
Ingrave (/ Herongate)	Built-up Area	Essex	1,698	1,846	1,854	1,948	→
Jaywick	Built-up Area	Essex	4,665	4,799	5,083	5,319	→
Kelvedon (/ Feering)	Built-up Area	Essex	4,593	4,717	4,773	5,282	→
Kelvedon Hatch	Built-up Area	Essex	2,425	2,400	2,495	2,435	→
Kirby Cross	Built-up Area	Essex	5,636	5,794	6,037	6,619	→
Kirby-le-Soken	Built-up Area	Essex	1,225	1,152	1,208	1,340	→
Langenhoe (/ Abberton)	Built-up Area	Essex	894	996	1,014	1,033	→
Langham	Built-up Area	Essex	791	790	782	790	→
Latchingdon	Built-up Area	Essex	1,029	993	1,138	1,116	→
Lawford	Built-up Area	Essex	4,157	4,026	4,484	4,761	→
Layer Breton	Built-up Area	Essex	845	859	868	877	→
Layer-de-la-Haye	Built-up Area	Essex	1,463	1,370	1,338	1,348	→
Littlebury	Built-up Area	Essex	546	592	604	616	→
Little Clacton	Built-up Area	Essex	2,138	2,191	2,455	2,529	→
Little Dunmow	Built-up Area	Essex	273	2,190	2,643	2,666	→
Little Hallingbury	Built-up Area	Essex	1,221	1,352	1,436	1,461	→
Little Waltham	Built-up Area	Essex	961	1,004	1,036	1,232	→
Loughton	Built-up Area	Essex	30,339	31,106	33,338	33,869	→
Lower Nazeing	Built-up Area	Essex	3,557	3,270	3,639	3,833	→
Maldon	Built-up Area	Essex	21,117	21,868	23,384	24,473	→
Manningtree	Built-up Area	Essex	1,563	1,670	1,676	1,866	→
Manuden	Built-up Area	Essex	636	677	720	714	→
Margaretting	Built-up Area	Essex	532	527	562	577	→
Marks Tey	Built-up Area	Essex	1,894	1,840	1,816	1,763	→
Mayland	Built-up Area	Essex	3,604	3,724	3,743	3,776	→
Mistley	Built-up Area	Essex	1,593	1,696	1,827	2,019	→
Nevendon	Built-up Area	Essex	372	497	490	844	→
Newport	Built-up Area	Essex	2,208	2,352	2,941	3,234	→
Noak Hill	Built-up Area	Essex	665	751	752	830	→
North Benfleet	Built-up Area	Essex	1,616	1,706	1,764	1,776	→
North Fambridge	Built-up Area	Essex	752	835	868	1,110	→
North Weald Bassett	Built-up Area	Essex	4,136	4,046	4,321	4,267	→
Panfield	Built-up Area	Essex	850	841	856	843	→
Parkeston	Built-up Area	Essex	1,010	985	974	1,063	→
Peldon	Built-up Area	Essex	501	559	568	544	→
Point Clear	Built-up Area	Essex	1,438	1,576	1,706	1,732	→
Purleigh	Built-up Area	Essex	520	526	531	589	→
Radwinter	Built-up Area	Essex	595	612	662	700	→
Ramsden Bellhouse	Built-up Area	Essex	730	788	834	834	→
Ramsden Heath	Built-up Area	Essex	1,665	1,896	1,950	1,950	→
Ramsey Island	Built-up Area	Essex	780	1,130	1,141	1,064	→
Rayleigh	Built-up Area	Essex	30,209	32,149	32,393	33,727	→
Rayne	Built-up Area	Essex	1,974	2,096	2,170	2,187	→
Ridgewell	Built-up Area	Essex	503	509	574	566	→
Rochford	Built-up Area	Essex	10,222	11,327	12,616	13,553	→
Rowhedge	Built-up Area	Essex	1,591	1,930	2,487	2,612	→
Roydon	Built-up Area	Essex	1,553	1,582	1,585	1,457	→
Runwell	Built-up Area	Essex	6,542	6,566	8,084	8,642	→
Saffron Walden	Built-up Area	Essex	14,313	15,210	16,613	17,424	→
School Green	Built-up Area	Essex	283	431	423	843	→
Sewards End	Built-up Area	Essex	489	511	531	515	→
Sewardstone	Built-up Area	Essex	452	506	721	742	→
Sheering	Built-up Area	Essex	883	891	959	1,011	→
Shelley	Built-up Area	Essex	1,828	1,982	2,404	2,443	→
Sible Hedingham	Built-up Area	Essex	3,192	3,479	4,260	4,300	→
Silver End	Built-up Area	Essex	3,741	3,861	3,915	4,636	→
Southminster	Built-up Area	Essex	3,776	4,025	4,546	4,700	→
South Woodham Ferrers	Built-up Area	Essex	16,630	16,453	16,021	15,870	→
Stansted Mountfitchet	Built-up Area	Essex	5,859	6,669	8,621	9,014	→
Stapleford Abbotts	Built-up Area	Essex	645	646	741	793	→
Stebbing	Built-up Area	Essex	912	923	1,061	1,056	→
Steeple	Built-up Area	Essex	450	490	486	515	→
Steeple Bumpstead	Built-up Area	Essex	1,274	1,432	1,374	1,370	→
Stock	Built-up Area	Essex	1,545	1,545	1,574	1,612	→
Stoneyhills	Built-up Area	Essex	786	766	919	1,084	→
St Osyth	Built-up Area	Essex	2,047	2,118	2,249	2,175	→
Sturmer	Built-up Area	Essex	464	492	525	552	→
Takeley (/ Little Canfield)	Built-up Area	Essex	2,085	3,682	5,545	5,637	→
Takeley Street	Built-up Area	Essex	257	369	570	566	→
Thaxted	Built-up Area	Essex	2,286	2,538	3,116	3,242	→
Theydon Bois	Built-up Area	Essex	3,406	3,456	3,538	3,440	→
Thornwood Common	Built-up Area	Essex	924	969	1,030	1,029	→
Thorpe-le-Soken	Built-up Area	Essex	1,441	1,368	1,593	1,766	→
Thorrington	Built-up Area	Essex	1,063	1,258	1,429	1,512	→
Thundersley (/ South Benfleet)	Built-up Area	Essex	47,806	48,513	49,881	50,563	→
Tillingham	Built-up Area	Essex	848	902	967	973	→
Tiptree	Built-up Area	Essex	7,969	8,865	9,298	9,578	→
Tollesbury	Built-up Area	Essex	2,680	2,621	2,809	2,807	→
Tolleshunt D'Arcy	Built-up Area	Essex	771	825	905	903	→
Tolleshunt Knights	Built-up Area	Essex	1,028	1,030	1,063	1,056	→
Tye Green	Built-up Area	Essex	1,112	1,168	1,415	1,599	→
Waltham Abbey	Built-up Area	Essex	17,080	17,746	18,647	19,019	→
Walton-on-the-Naze	Built-up Area	Essex	6,620	6,495	6,984	7,187	→
Weeley	Built-up Area	Essex	1,145	1,098	1,287	1,441	→
Weeley Heath	Built-up Area	Essex	635	670	949	929	→
West Bergholt	Built-up Area	Essex	3,164	3,215	3,176	3,288	→
West Horndon	Built-up Area	Essex	1,482	1,537	1,650	1,682	→
West Mersea	Built-up Area	Essex	6,792	7,057	7,065	7,011	→
Wethersfield	Built-up Area	Essex	725	691	707	717	→
Wickford	Built-up Area	Essex	24,640	26,378	27,524	27,825	→
Wickham Bishops	Built-up Area	Essex	1,725	1,826	1,923	1,958	→
Witham	Built-up Area	Essex	22,550	25,425	27,389	28,618	→
Wivenhoe	Built-up Area	Essex	7,028	7,454	7,347	7,380	→
Wix	Built-up Area	Essex	513	494	550	649	→
Writtle	Built-up Area	Essex	5,012	4,727	4,701	4,658	→

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Explanation: All population figures and depicted boundaries are based on output areas officially assigned to the 2022 built-up areas. Output areas often include some unbuilt parts. However, tabulated area figures refer to (typically smaller) actual built-up areas in order to present a more realistic population density. Some of the older population figures are approximate values.