Thurrock population, 2001–2024
Thurrock has an estimated population of 180,989 (mid-2024), up 26.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Thurrock local authority area.
180,989
population, mid-2024
+26.3%
since 2001
+10.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (180,989)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 180,989 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 179,280 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 176,778 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 175,933 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 175,803 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 174,924 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 173,113 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 170,966 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 168,977 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 166,622 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 164,451 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 161,702 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 160,026 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 158,268 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 156,585 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 155,003 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 153,633 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 151,741 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 150,206 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 148,556 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 147,056 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 145,977 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 144,728 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 143,297 | — |
Food businesses
Thurrock has 148 takeaways, 245 restaurants and cafés and 53 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.60 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Thurrock local authority area (code E06000034), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.