South Gloucestershire population, 2001–2024
South Gloucestershire has an estimated population of 306,332 (mid-2024), up 24.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the South Gloucestershire local authority area.
306,332
population, mid-2024
+24.5%
since 2001
+13.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (306,332)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 306,332 | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 300,435 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 295,391 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 290,886 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 287,182 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 284,563 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 281,719 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 278,379 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 275,808 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 272,189 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 269,840 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 268,167 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 265,741 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 263,417 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 261,471 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 259,730 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 257,970 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 256,640 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 255,258 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 253,178 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 251,226 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 249,176 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 247,755 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 245,985 | — |
Food businesses
South Gloucestershire has 144 takeaways, 365 restaurants and cafés and 172 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.39 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
South Gloucestershire has 155 hairdressers and beauty salons, 110 pubs and bars, 65 licensed restaurants, 135 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 South Gloucestershire local authority area (code E06000025), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of South Gloucestershire?
306,332, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the South Gloucestershire 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 South Gloucestershire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 24.5% since 2001, from 245,985 to 306,332. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.