Windsor and Maidenhead population, 2001–2024
Windsor and Maidenhead has an estimated population of 158,943 (mid-2024), up 19.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority area.
158,943
population, mid-2024
+19.0%
since 2001
+6.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (158,943)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 158,943 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 157,174 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 155,069 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 153,922 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 153,991 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 153,893 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 153,470 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 152,648 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 152,085 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 150,043 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 148,936 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 147,525 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 146,642 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 145,098 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 143,988 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 142,424 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 141,345 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 139,743 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 138,012 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 136,446 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 135,066 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 134,201 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 133,631 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 133,541 | — |
Food businesses
Windsor and Maidenhead has 101 takeaways, 438 restaurants and cafés and 91 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.23 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority area (code E06000040), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.