Caerphilly population, 2001–2024
Caerphilly has an estimated population of 176,865 (mid-2024), up 4.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Caerphilly local authority area.
176,865
population, mid-2024
+4.3%
since 2001
-0.9%
last 10 years
2011
peak year (178,782)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 176,865 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 176,639 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 176,156 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 175,999 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 176,805 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 176,735 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 177,277 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 177,610 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 178,013 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 178,269 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 178,513 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 178,236 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 178,563 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 178,782 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 178,101 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 177,159 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 176,259 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 174,987 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 173,741 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 172,777 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 172,361 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 171,363 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 170,776 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 169,546 | — |
High street businesses
Caerphilly has 120 hairdressers and beauty salons, 85 pubs and bars, 25 licensed restaurants, 140 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Caerphilly local authority area (code W06000018), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Caerphilly?
176,865, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Caerphilly local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Caerphilly growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 4.3% since 2001, from 169,546 to 176,865. The peak year in the series so far is 2011. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.