Havering's population grew over five years. Its change was 3.5 percentage points above the London and 1.5 percentage points above England.
London · London borough
Havering
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Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
PEOPLE AND PLACE
Latest official statistics Population and community profile
Population
276,274
2024
London region
9,089,736
Havering represents
3.04%
of the region's population
Five-year population change
+14,978 residents ↑ 5.7%
Havering
+5.7%
London
+2.2%
England
+4.3%
Growth context
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
AIR QUALITY
Defra 2,024
How clean is the air?
Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN
Fine particulate matter
8.2
µg/m³
PM2.5 · 2,024
Human-related sources
7.7 µg/m³
Other sources
0.5 µg/m³
LONG-TERM TREND
40.8%
PM2.5 over time
13.9
7.7
2011
2024
Since 2011
↓ 40.8%
5 years
↓ 26.9%
10 years
↓ 33.1%
CURRENT MONITORING
UK-AIR
Latest station measurement
No active UK-AIR monitoring station is currently mapped
to this council.
HEALTH IMPACT
Particulate air pollution
6.1%
of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.
Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data.
Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR
measurements and may be provisional.
Defra source