Oadby and Wigston population, 2001–2024
Oadby and Wigston has an estimated population of 61,695 (mid-2024), up 10.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Oadby and Wigston local authority area.
61,695
population, mid-2024
+10.6%
since 2001
+8.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (61,695)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61,695 | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 59,826 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 58,541 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 57,788 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 57,869 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 57,772 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 57,713 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 57,516 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 56,044 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 56,216 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 56,783 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 56,060 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 56,044 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 55,979 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 55,186 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 55,600 | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 56,220 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 56,475 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 56,519 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 56,218 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 56,454 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 56,161 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 55,779 | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 55,791 | — |
Food businesses
Oadby and Wigston has 62 takeaways, 77 restaurants and cafés and 29 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.81 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Oadby and Wigston has 50 hairdressers and beauty salons, 15 pubs and bars, 10 licensed restaurants, 30 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 Oadby and Wigston local authority area (code E07000135), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Oadby and Wigston?
61,695, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Oadby and Wigston 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 Oadby and Wigston growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 10.6% since 2001, from 55,791 to 61,695. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.