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High Peak population

92,666people · latest estimate

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated · GeoNames

High Peak has a population of 92,666, making it the 2nd largest place in Derbyshire.

#2
of 91 in Derbyshire

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: High Peak population trends, 2001–2024.

High Peak has no city status, making it the 50th largest town in the UK.

High Peak in context

21 km
west to Stockport, the nearest larger town
105,832
people live within 10 km
#114
largest of 6,358 UK places
427
food businesses in High Peak
High Peak in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of High Peak sits in postcode district S33.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for High Peak, the billing authority covering High Peak, is £2,385 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of High Peak?
The populated place itself holds 92,666 residents. The wider High Peak council area recorded 91,959 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
High Peak, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district S33
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Derbyshire

#PlacePopulation
1Chesterfield113,057
2Long Eaton47,898
3Ilkeston40,953
4Swadlincote34,576
5Staveley25,719

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