Wiltshire population, 2001–2024
Wiltshire has an estimated population of 523,700 (mid-2024), up 20.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wiltshire local authority area.
523,700
population, mid-2024
+20.8%
since 2001
+8.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (523,700)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 523,700 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 519,779 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 516,185 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 513,240 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 507,047 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 502,985 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 498,703 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 497,177 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 492,706 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 488,377 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 484,344 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 479,505 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 476,806 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 474,319 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 470,199 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 466,711 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 464,007 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 458,840 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 453,041 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 448,670 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 445,632 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 442,633 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 438,386 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 433,508 | — |
Food businesses
Wiltshire has 301 takeaways, 661 restaurants and cafés and 523 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.46 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 Wiltshire local authority area (code E06000054), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.