Swindon population, 2001–2024
Swindon has an estimated population of 243,875 (mid-2024), up 35.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Swindon local authority area.
243,875
population, mid-2024
+35.4%
since 2001
+11.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (243,875)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 243,875 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 240,218 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 236,046 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 233,760 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 232,574 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 231,934 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 230,174 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 227,680 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 224,498 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 221,805 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 218,998 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 215,994 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 212,801 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 209,709 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 206,939 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 204,371 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 201,521 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 196,942 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 192,345 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 189,684 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 186,390 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 184,368 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 182,110 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 180,129 | — |
Food businesses
Swindon has 139 takeaways, 314 restaurants and cafés and 140 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.44 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Swindon local authority area (code E06000030), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.