Hounslow population, 2001–2024
Hounslow has an estimated population of 299,424 (mid-2024), up 38.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Hounslow local authority area.
299,424
population, mid-2024
+38.6%
since 2001
+10.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (299,424)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 299,424 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 295,221 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 289,196 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 288,164 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 289,773 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 289,652 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 285,430 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 281,117 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 278,601 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 275,097 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 270,773 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 265,547 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 260,584 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 254,927 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 249,236 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 243,366 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 237,907 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 233,454 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 228,126 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 223,776 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 219,440 | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 216,498 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 216,888 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 215,976 | — |
Food businesses
Hounslow has 239 takeaways, 596 restaurants and cafés and 102 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.40 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Hounslow local authority area (code E09000018), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.