Luton population, 2001–2024
Luton has an estimated population of 239,090 (mid-2024), up 28.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Luton local authority area.
239,090
population, mid-2024
+28.6%
since 2001
+11.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (239,090)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 239,090 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 233,640 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 227,546 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 224,958 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 224,132 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 223,106 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 221,532 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 220,752 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 220,952 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 217,612 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 213,749 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 209,624 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 205,873 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 203,641 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 199,583 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 195,449 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 192,084 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 189,742 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 187,312 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 185,392 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 183,563 | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 185,016 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 185,631 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 185,889 | — |
Food businesses
Luton has 224 takeaways, 273 restaurants and cafés and 50 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.82 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Luton local authority area (code E06000032), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.