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Calderdale population, 2001–2024

Calderdale has an estimated population of 210,929 (mid-2024), up 9.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Calderdale local authority area.

210,929
population, mid-2024
+9.6%
since 2001
+2.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (210,929)
2005201020152020 192k 211k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024210,929+0.8%
2023209,334+0.7%
2022207,896+0.5%
2021206,828-0.1%
2020206,976-0.4%
2019207,729+0.2%
2018207,215-0.1%
2017207,459-0.1%
2016207,744+0.3%
2015207,027+0.2%
2014206,614+0.4%
2013205,854+0.4%
2012205,116+0.5%
2011204,170+0.6%
2010203,049+0.5%
2009202,078+0.6%
2008200,960+0.8%
2007199,275+0.8%
2006197,761+0.8%
2005196,270+0.7%
2004194,980+0.5%
2003193,968+0.4%
2002193,201+0.4%
2001192,379

Food businesses

Calderdale has 250 takeaways, 502 restaurants and cafés and 254 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.50 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.

Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Calderdale local authority area (code E08000033), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.