Eastleigh population, 2001–2024
Eastleigh has an estimated population of 142,933 (mid-2024), up 22.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Eastleigh local authority area.
142,933
population, mid-2024
+22.9%
since 2001
+11.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (142,933)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 142,933 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 140,997 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 139,124 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 136,963 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 134,090 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 132,175 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 130,517 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 129,386 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 128,808 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 128,283 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 128,255 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 127,248 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 126,483 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 125,852 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 124,240 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 122,377 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 121,312 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 120,596 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 119,436 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 118,089 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 117,066 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 116,696 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 116,430 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 116,257 | — |
Food businesses
Eastleigh has 84 takeaways, 190 restaurants and cafés and 66 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 5.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Eastleigh local authority area (code E07000086), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.