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.
High street businesses
Hillingdon has 255 hairdressers and beauty salons, 60 pubs and bars, 145 licensed restaurants, 240 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 Hillingdon local authority area (code E09000017), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Hillingdon?
329,185, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Hillingdon 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 Hillingdon growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 34.0% since 2001, from 245,616 to 329,185. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.