Ealing population, 2001–2024
Ealing has an estimated population of 385,985 (mid-2024), up 25.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Ealing local authority area.
385,985
population, mid-2024
+25.6%
since 2001
+8.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (385,985)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 385,985 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 379,203 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 370,315 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 366,762 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 367,936 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 367,284 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 364,208 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 362,670 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 362,163 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 359,144 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 354,660 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 350,650 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 344,834 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 339,314 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 334,073 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 329,966 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 324,022 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 318,671 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 315,329 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 312,774 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 310,073 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 308,108 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 309,242 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 307,276 | — |
Food businesses
Ealing has 297 takeaways, 908 restaurants and cafés and 142 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.33 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Ealing has 300 hairdressers and beauty salons, 50 pubs and bars, 200 licensed restaurants, 235 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 Ealing local authority area (code E09000009), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Ealing?
385,985, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Ealing 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 Ealing growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 25.6% since 2001, from 307,276 to 385,985. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.