Adur population, 2001–2024
Adur has an estimated population of 64,889 (mid-2024), up 8.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Adur local authority area.
64,889
population, mid-2024
+8.7%
since 2001
+2.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (64,889)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64,889 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 64,688 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 64,760 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 64,632 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 64,550 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 64,580 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 64,230 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 64,144 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 63,947 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 63,808 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 63,525 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 62,850 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 62,158 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 61,334 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 61,216 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 61,023 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 60,721 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 60,564 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 60,337 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 59,821 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 59,961 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 59,993 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 60,050 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 59,714 | — |
Food businesses
Adur has 58 takeaways, 79 restaurants and cafés and 55 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.73 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Adur local authority area (code E07000223), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.