Area type
Unitary Authority
Land area
42 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.78
Birth rate
10.8
Death rate
11.4
internal migration
-0.3%
international migration
0.2%
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The population of Southend-on-Sea is 182,773 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Southend-on-Sea to be 182,071. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Southend-on-Sea grew by an estimated -352 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 8,499. Compare population by area.
Southend-on-Sea's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.2%, which is 0.7% lower than the average population growth rate in Southend-on-Sea for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.5%).
Southend-on-Sea covers an area of 42 square kilometres (16 square miles) and has a population density of 4,377 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 204 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration out of Southend-on-Sea was 584, and net international migration into Southend-on-Sea was 329.
Southend-on-Sea's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Southend-on-Sea if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.78, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 10.8, led to population increases of 1,971 during the year, and Southend-on-Sea's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 11.4 resulted in a 2,089 population decrease. In total, a net 118 person natural decrease.
During the past decade, internal migration has fallen from a net inflow of 727 in 2011 to a net 584 outflow. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 60 in 2011 to an inflow of 329 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 426 people in 2011 to -118 in 2020.
Internal migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 44% of the total change in population.
Southend-on-Sea Salary
Rental Market of Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea Economy
Southend-on-Sea's population, population density, and population growth rate, over the past decade.
Figures reported by the ONS in 2021.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 182,773 | -0.19% | 4,377 |
| 2019 | 183,125 | 0.36% | 4,386 |
| 2018 | 182,463 | 0.36% | 4,370 |
| 2017 | 181,808 | 0.67% | 4,354 |
| 2016 | 180,606 | 0.77% | 4,325 |
| 2015 | 179,234 | 0.49% | 4,292 |
| 2014 | 178,367 | 1.21% | 4,272 |
| 2013 | 176,236 | 0.65% | 4,221 |
| 2012 | 175,091 | 0.47% | 4,193 |
| 2011 | 174,274 | 4,174 |
Southend-on-Sea's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Southend-on-Sea is forecast to be 190,424 in 2025 and 195,024 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 188,327 | 0.60% | 4,510 |
| 2024 | 189,404 | 0.57% | 4,536 |
| 2025 | 190,424 | 0.54% | 4,560 |
| 2026 | 191,389 | 0.51% | 4,584 |
| 2027 | 192,335 | 0.49% | 4,606 |
| 2028 | 193,246 | 0.47% | 4,628 |
| 2029 | 194,147 | 0.47% | 4,650 |
| 2030 | 195,024 | 0.45% | 4,671 |
| 2031 | 195,875 | 0.44% | 4,691 |
| 2032 | 196,731 | 0.44% | 4,711 |
| 2033 | 197,578 | 0.43% | 4,732 |
| 2034 | 198,429 | 0.43% | 4,752 |
| 2035 | 199,257 | 0.42% | 4,772 |
| 2036 | 200,086 | 0.42% | 4,792 |
| 2037 | 200,932 | 0.42% | 4,812 |
| 2038 | 201,811 | 0.44% | 4,833 |
| 2039 | 202,699 | 0.44% | 4,854 |
| 2040 | 203,587 | 0.44% | 4,876 |
| 2041 | 204,481 | 0.44% | 4,897 |
| 2042 | 205,379 | 0.44% | 4,919 |
| 2043 | 206,279 | 0.44% | 4,940 |
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics