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.
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.