Elmbridge: local statistics
Elmbridge is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 142,484 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Elmbridge, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Elmbridge cost £748,080 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 1.9% in twelve months. It ranks as the highest in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. This July figure is the highest in the series, 15% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Elmbridge (£51,924) gives a ratio of 14.4. That ratio is the highest ratio of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The median full-time employee living in Elmbridge was paid £970.30 a week before tax in April 2025, or £51,924 over a year. It is the highest in the South East, and 19.0% more than across the South East. Jobs based in Elmbridge paid a median £805.50 a week, £164.80 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £743.60: a change of +30% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Elmbridge had a life expectancy at birth of 86.0 years; for men it was 82.4 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.7 years for women and +0.6 for men. It is the 4th highest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The ONS counted 9,455 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Elmbridge in March 2026, about the same as in 2016. There are 66 per 1,000 residents, the 2nd highest in the South East.
In the year to March 2026, 7,310 offences were recorded by police in Elmbridge: 51.3 per 1,000 people, the 46th highest rate of the 55 council areas in the South East. A year earlier it was 50.6. The highest rate in the series was 59.8, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
The ONS estimates that 142,484 people lived in Elmbridge in mid-2025, up 0.4% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +4.5%; the South East grew by 8.1% over the same years. That is the 47th fastest growth of 64 in the South East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
Average Band D council tax in Elmbridge is £2,557.75 for 2026-27, up £114.83 on 2025-26. It is the 19th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,696.24.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 75.9% of Elmbridge residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 7.5 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 70.4% and its highest 80.4%.
In August 2026, 2,110 people in Elmbridge were on the claimant count, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). Twelve months before, it was 2.3%. Over the last five years it peaked at 2.8% in August 2021 and was lowest at 1.9% in November 2023.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 136,380 |
| 2016 | 136,974 |
| 2017 | 136,936 |
| 2018 | 136,863 |
| 2019 | 137,098 |
| 2020 | 138,098 |
| 2021 | 139,453 |
| 2022 | 140,629 |
| 2023 | 141,426 |
| 2024 | 141,985 |
| 2025 | 142,484 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £653,181 |
| July 2017 | £621,264 |
| July 2018 | £641,495 |
| July 2019 | £623,758 |
| July 2020 | £630,968 |
| July 2021 | £674,954 |
| July 2022 | £733,966 |
| July 2023 | £707,140 |
| July 2024 | £716,279 |
| July 2025 | £734,242 |
| July 2026 | £748,080 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £743.60 a week |
| 2016 | £716.80 a week |
| 2017 | £731.30 a week |
| 2018 | £789.50 a week |
| 2019 | £822.10 a week |
| 2020 | £734.30 a week |
| 2021 | £834.60 a week |
| 2022 | £824.40 a week |
| 2023 | £900.80 a week |
| 2024 | £1,011.60 a week |
| 2025 | £970.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,696.24 |
| 2017-18 | £1,767.89 |
| 2018-19 | £1,863.62 |
| 2019-20 | £1,936.13 |
| 2020-21 | £2,009.09 |
| 2021-22 | £2,066.71 |
| 2022-23 | £2,159.03 |
| 2023-24 | £2,229.76 |
| 2024-25 | £2,333.65 |
| 2025-26 | £2,442.92 |
| 2026-27 | £2,557.75 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 47.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 51.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 59.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 59.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 59.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 51.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 56.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 54.7 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 50.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 51.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.3% |
| 2016/17 | 70.4% |
| 2017/18 | 74.3% |
| 2018/19 | 80.4% |
| 2019/20 | 75.9% |
| 2020/21 | 72.9% |
| 2021/22 | 79.9% |
| 2022/23 | 76.1% |
| 2023/24 | 78.5% |
| 2024/25 | 76.3% |
| 2025/26 | 75.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 85.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.5 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 86.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 9,450 |
| 2017 | 9,705 |
| 2018 | 9,765 |
| 2019 | 9,930 |
| 2020 | 9,835 |
| 2021 | 9,725 |
| 2022 | 9,585 |
| 2023 | 9,310 |
| 2024 | 9,325 |
| 2025 | 9,340 |
| 2026 | 9,455 |
Questions about Elmbridge
What is the average house price in Elmbridge?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £748,080.
What is the average salary in Elmbridge?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Elmbridge was £970.30 a week in April 2025 (£51,924 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Elmbridge?
86.0 years for women and 82.4 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Elmbridge?
51.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the population of Elmbridge?
142,484 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Elmbridge?
£2,557.75 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Elmbridge?
The ONS claimant count was 2,110 in August 2026, 2.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Elmbridge
Every body that makes decisions for Elmbridge, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Elmbridge council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Elmbridge in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Esher and Walton: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Runnymede and Weybridge: Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the South East: Ashford · Eastleigh · Isle of Wight · Thanet · Tonbridge and Malling · Waverley
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