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.
High street businesses
Hounslow has 230 hairdressers and beauty salons, 60 pubs and bars, 170 licensed restaurants, 185 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 Hounslow local authority area (code E09000018), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Hounslow?
299,424, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Hounslow 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 Hounslow growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 38.6% since 2001, from 215,976 to 299,424. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.