Bracknell Forest population, 2001–2024
Bracknell Forest has an estimated population of 130,806 (mid-2024), up 19.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bracknell Forest local authority area.
130,806
population, mid-2024
+19.3%
since 2001
+10.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (130,806)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 130,806 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 129,099 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 127,160 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 125,195 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 123,188 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 121,660 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 121,046 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 120,164 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 119,553 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 119,078 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 117,979 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 116,552 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 115,100 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 113,696 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 112,893 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 111,916 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 111,455 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 110,702 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 109,896 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 109,487 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 109,189 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 109,475 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 109,490 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 109,650 | — |
Food businesses
Bracknell Forest has 57 takeaways, 157 restaurants and cafés and 55 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.36 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bracknell Forest local authority area (code E06000036), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.