Blaby population, 2001–2024
Blaby has an estimated population of 108,165 (mid-2024), up 19.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Blaby local authority area.
108,165
population, mid-2024
+19.7%
since 2001
+12.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (108,165)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 108,165 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 105,513 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 104,287 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 103,271 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 102,293 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 101,777 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 100,767 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 99,366 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 98,014 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 96,604 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 95,964 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 95,045 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 94,656 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 94,132 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 93,935 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 93,511 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 93,341 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 92,741 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 92,266 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 91,721 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 91,664 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 91,592 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 91,225 | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 90,361 | — |
Food businesses
Blaby has 56 takeaways, 133 restaurants and cafés and 61 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.42 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Blaby local authority area (code E07000129), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.