Slough population, 2001–2024
Slough has an estimated population of 167,359 (mid-2024), up 38.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Slough local authority area.
167,359
population, mid-2024
+38.8%
since 2001
+13.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (167,359)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 167,359 | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 163,940 | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 159,732 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 158,448 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 158,281 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 157,632 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 155,915 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 154,573 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 152,565 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 150,104 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 147,313 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 144,880 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 143,095 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 140,713 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 137,800 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 134,742 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 131,453 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 127,991 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 125,200 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 122,874 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 120,833 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 120,869 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 120,927 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 120,577 | — |
Food businesses
Slough has 128 takeaways, 177 restaurants and cafés and 27 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.72 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Slough local authority area (code E06000039), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.