Vale of White Horse population, 2001–2024
Vale of White Horse has an estimated population of 149,347 (mid-2024), up 29.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Vale of White Horse local authority area.
149,347
population, mid-2024
+29.0%
since 2001
+19.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (149,347)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 149,347 | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 145,795 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 142,501 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 139,400 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 136,889 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 135,040 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 132,875 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 130,701 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 128,387 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 126,165 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 124,581 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 123,441 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 122,622 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 121,891 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 120,823 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 120,026 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 119,284 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 118,994 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 118,209 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 117,390 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 116,475 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 116,134 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 115,565 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 115,772 | — |
Food businesses
Vale of White Horse has 72 takeaways, 196 restaurants and cafés and 111 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.37 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Vale of White Horse local authority area (code E07000180), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.