Cannock Chase population, 2001–2024
Cannock Chase has an estimated population of 104,088 (mid-2024), up 12.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Cannock Chase local authority area.
104,088
population, mid-2024
+12.9%
since 2001
+6.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (104,088)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 104,088 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 103,163 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 101,165 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 100,595 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 99,565 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 98,983 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 98,553 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 97,693 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 97,312 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 97,502 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 97,703 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 97,578 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 97,537 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 97,582 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 96,898 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 96,514 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 95,999 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 95,391 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 94,991 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 94,772 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 94,179 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 93,751 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 93,000 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 92,165 | — |
Food businesses
Cannock Chase has 103 takeaways, 114 restaurants and cafés and 90 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.90 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Cannock Chase has 100 hairdressers and beauty salons, 35 pubs and bars, 20 licensed restaurants, 75 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 Cannock Chase local authority area (code E07000192), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Cannock Chase?
104,088, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Cannock Chase 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 Cannock Chase growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 12.9% since 2001, from 92,165 to 104,088. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.