Oadby and Wigston population, 2001–2024
Oadby and Wigston has an estimated population of 61,695 (mid-2024), up 10.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Oadby and Wigston local authority area.
61,695
population, mid-2024
+10.6%
since 2001
+8.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (61,695)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61,695 | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 59,826 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 58,541 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 57,788 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 57,869 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 57,772 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 57,713 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 57,516 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 56,044 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 56,216 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 56,783 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 56,060 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 56,044 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 55,979 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 55,186 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 55,600 | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 56,220 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 56,475 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 56,519 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 56,218 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 56,454 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 56,161 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 55,779 | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 55,791 | — |
Food businesses
Oadby and Wigston has 62 takeaways, 77 restaurants and cafés and 29 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.81 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Oadby and Wigston local authority area (code E07000135), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.