Bexley population, 2001–2024
Bexley has an estimated population of 256,434 (mid-2024), up 17.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bexley local authority area.
256,434
population, mid-2024
+17.2%
since 2001
+7.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (256,434)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 256,434 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 252,124 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 247,875 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 246,637 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 246,924 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 246,622 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 245,244 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 244,494 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 244,006 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 241,427 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 239,112 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 236,169 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 234,435 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 232,774 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 230,711 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 228,146 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 226,652 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 224,625 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 223,280 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 222,391 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 220,917 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 220,016 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 219,123 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 218,757 | — |
Food businesses
Bexley has 229 takeaways, 337 restaurants and cafés and 124 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.68 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Bexley has 220 hairdressers and beauty salons, 65 pubs and bars, 115 licensed restaurants, 170 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bexley local authority area (code E09000004), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Bexley?
256,434, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Bexley local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Bexley growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 17.2% since 2001, from 218,757 to 256,434. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.