The path to growth
The government has committed to economic growth as its top political priority. It has placed housing delivery at the heart of its growth strategy.
Economic growth is hard to achieve without significant population growth, particularly in the working age population. However, new figures released by the ONS are encouraging.
The population of England and Wales increased by nearly 610,000 people over the past year. The population has risen to a total of 60.9 million. That is the most significant growth in 75 years. This boosts the working age population (aged 20 to 65) at a time when other European nations are experiencing a decline.
The UK population is projected to reach 77 million by 2046. That will intensify the need for housing to cater for the growing number of people. Building new homes is the key to solving the nation’s housing crisis and expected to drive economic growth too. Source: Dataloft by PriceHubble (https://inform.dataloft.co.uk/), ONS, Centre for Cities.
Harlow Population
Harlow, has seen massive changes in its population over the last 25 years. As estate agents in Harlow, Jukes Estate Agents believe it is important that they know as much about the town as possible. Below they delve into the population statistics of Harlow over these years. They also highlight key trends and their implications for the town.
Population overview
As you probably already know, Harlow was originally designed as a “new town” in the post-World War II era. This was to address housing shortages in London. Therefore, its population growth has been closely tied to housing development. Over the past 25 years, Harlow’s population has generally been on an upward trajectory, although the rate of growth has varied.
Annual population figures
1998 – 77,500. 1999 – 77,800. 2000 – 78,200. 2001 – 78,700. 2002 – 79,300. 2003 – 79,800. 2004 – 80,300. 2005 – 80,900. 2006 – 81,500. 2007 – 82,100. 2008 – 82,700. 2009 – 83,300. 2010 – 84,000. 2011 – 84,500. 2012 – 85,000. 2013 – 85,700. 2014 – 86,300. 2015 – 87,000. 2016 – 87,600. 2017 – 88,200. 2018 – 89,000. 2019 – 89,800. 2020 – 90,600. 2021 – 91,300. 2022 – 92,000. 2023 – 92,700.
Jukes Estate Agents Harlow’s co owner Geoff Flewers says: ” The thing that really struck me was the consistency of the annual increases. 300, 400, 500, 600, 500, 500, 600, 600, 600, 600, 600, 700, 500, 500, 700, 600, 700, 600, 600, 800, 800, 800, 700, 700, 700.”