Enfield's population declined over five years. Its change was 4.6 percentage points below the London and 6.6 percentage points below England.
London · London borough
Enfield
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Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
PEOPLE AND PLACE
Latest official statistics Population and community profile
Population
327,434
2024
London region
9,089,736
Enfield represents
3.60%
of the region's population
Five-year population change
−7,717 residents ↓ 2.3%
Enfield
−2.3%
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
8.5
µg/m³
PM2.5 · 2,024
Human-related sources
8.0 µg/m³
Other sources
0.5 µg/m³
LONG-TERM TREND
43.0%
PM2.5 over time
14.9
8.0
2011
2024
Since 2011
↓ 43.0%
5 years
↓ 29.2%
10 years
↓ 34.4%
CURRENT MONITORING
UK-AIR
Latest station measurement
PM2.5
5.0 µg/m³
Provisional
Last 24 hours
4.4 –
9.8 µg/m³
This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.
HEALTH IMPACT
Particulate air pollution
6.3%
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