Thurrock population, 2001–2024
Thurrock has an estimated population of 180,989 (mid-2024), up 26.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Thurrock local authority area.
180,989
population, mid-2024
+26.3%
since 2001
+10.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (180,989)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 180,989 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 179,280 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 176,778 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 175,933 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 175,803 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 174,924 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 173,113 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 170,966 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 168,977 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 166,622 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 164,451 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 161,702 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 160,026 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 158,268 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 156,585 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 155,003 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 153,633 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 151,741 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 150,206 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 148,556 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 147,056 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 145,977 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 144,728 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 143,297 | — |
Food businesses
Thurrock has 148 takeaways, 245 restaurants and cafés and 53 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.60 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Thurrock has 110 hairdressers and beauty salons, 35 pubs and bars, 40 licensed restaurants, 100 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 Thurrock local authority area (code E06000034), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Thurrock?
180,989, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Thurrock 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 Thurrock growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 26.3% since 2001, from 143,297 to 180,989. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.