Basildon population, 2001–2024
Basildon has an estimated population of 193,632 (mid-2024), up 16.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Basildon local authority area.
193,632
population, mid-2024
+16.7%
since 2001
+6.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (193,632)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 193,632 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 191,120 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 188,793 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 187,718 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 187,796 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 187,714 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 186,668 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 185,299 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 184,651 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 182,734 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 181,317 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 178,944 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 176,622 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 174,971 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 173,788 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 173,084 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 172,423 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 170,908 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 169,951 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 168,927 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 167,825 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 167,089 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 166,743 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 165,895 | — |
Food businesses
Basildon has 155 takeaways, 244 restaurants and cafés and 64 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.64 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Basildon local authority area (code E07000066), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.