Swale population, 2001–2024
Swale has an estimated population of 158,379 (mid-2024), up 28.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Swale local authority area.
158,379
population, mid-2024
+28.6%
since 2001
+12.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (158,379)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 158,379 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 156,180 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 154,508 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 152,218 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 150,584 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 149,753 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 148,400 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 146,846 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 145,184 | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 142,723 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 140,992 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 139,135 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 137,694 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 136,324 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 134,980 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 133,030 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 131,720 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 129,721 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 127,568 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 126,516 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 125,890 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 125,348 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 124,172 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 123,123 | — |
Food businesses
Swale has 106 takeaways, 248 restaurants and cafés and 139 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.43 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Swale local authority area (code E07000113), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.