Hillingdon population, 2001–2024
Hillingdon has an estimated population of 329,185 (mid-2024), up 34.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Hillingdon local authority area.
329,185
population, mid-2024
+34.0%
since 2001
+13.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (329,185)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 329,185 | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 321,977 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 312,162 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 305,107 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 306,460 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 305,641 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 302,263 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 299,469 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 297,451 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 294,011 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 290,225 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 285,982 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 281,263 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 275,499 | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 269,465 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 265,665 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 261,051 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 256,981 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 254,387 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 251,430 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 248,691 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 248,054 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 247,063 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 245,616 | — |
Food businesses
Hillingdon has 282 takeaways, 620 restaurants and cafés and 128 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.45 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Hillingdon local authority area (code E09000017), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.