Ashford population, 2001–2024
Ashford has an estimated population of 140,936 (mid-2024), up 36.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Ashford local authority area.
140,936
population, mid-2024
+36.8%
since 2001
+14.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (140,936)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 140,936 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 139,010 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 135,818 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 133,221 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 131,431 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 130,466 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 129,701 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 128,049 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 126,327 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 124,580 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 123,682 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 121,850 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 120,191 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 118,405 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 116,975 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 115,694 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 114,556 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 113,286 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 111,459 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 109,409 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 107,264 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 105,636 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 104,377 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 103,024 | — |
Food businesses
Ashford has 73 takeaways, 218 restaurants and cafés and 82 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.33 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Ashford local authority area (code E07000105), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.