Cheltenham population, 2001–2024
Cheltenham has an estimated population of 121,739 (mid-2024), up 10.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Cheltenham local authority area.
121,739
population, mid-2024
+10.6%
since 2001
+4.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (121,739)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 121,739 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 120,859 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 119,617 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 118,838 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 118,924 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 119,459 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 119,600 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 119,303 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 118,953 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 117,693 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 117,094 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 116,164 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 116,018 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 115,645 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 114,901 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 113,967 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 112,971 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 112,511 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 111,637 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 110,948 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 109,763 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 109,282 | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 109,775 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 110,024 | — |
Food businesses
Cheltenham has 98 takeaways, 310 restaurants and cafés and 93 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.32 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Cheltenham local authority area (code E07000078), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.