Cheshire East population, 2001–2024
Cheshire East has an estimated population of 421,298 (mid-2024), up 19.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Cheshire East local authority area.
421,298
population, mid-2024
+19.7%
since 2001
+11.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (421,298)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 421,298 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 414,836 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 407,083 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 400,474 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 393,203 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 390,556 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 386,891 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 384,221 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 381,414 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 378,511 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 376,574 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 373,956 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 372,501 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 370,736 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 369,051 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 368,023 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 367,160 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 365,003 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 362,049 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 359,807 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 357,354 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 355,529 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 353,348 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 352,104 | — |
Food businesses
Cheshire East has 267 takeaways, 331 restaurants and cafés and 300 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.81 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Cheshire East has 340 hairdressers and beauty salons, 255 pubs and bars, 180 licensed restaurants, 235 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 Cheshire East local authority area (code E06000049), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Cheshire East?
421,298, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Cheshire East 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 Cheshire East growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 19.7% since 2001, from 352,104 to 421,298. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.