Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole population, 2001–2024
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has an estimated population of 408,967 (mid-2024), up 17.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority area.
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 408,967 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 406,626 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 402,784 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 400,155 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 399,564 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 400,182 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 400,064 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 399,374 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 397,066 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 392,499 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 389,727 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 385,483 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 382,465 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 379,441 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 373,760 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 366,948 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 363,158 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 359,462 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 353,901 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 351,616 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 348,506 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 348,483 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 348,717 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 346,829 | — |
Food businesses
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 331 takeaways, 957 restaurants and cafés and 211 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.35 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 335 hairdressers and beauty salons, 85 pubs and bars, 225 licensed restaurants, 255 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.