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.
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.