Babergh population, 2001–2024
Babergh has an estimated population of 97,033 (mid-2024), up 16.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Babergh local authority area.
97,033
population, mid-2024
+16.2%
since 2001
+9.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (97,033)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97,033 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 95,812 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 94,289 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 92,724 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 91,491 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 90,917 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 90,456 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 89,918 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 89,584 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 89,391 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 88,999 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 88,420 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 88,144 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 87,901 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 87,467 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 87,411 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 87,260 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 86,916 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 86,698 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 85,957 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 85,622 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 85,066 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 84,112 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 83,538 | — |
Food businesses
Babergh has 43 takeaways, 156 restaurants and cafés and 91 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.28 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Babergh local authority area (code E07000200), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.