Chesterfield population, 2001–2024
Chesterfield has an estimated population of 106,045 (mid-2024), up 7.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Chesterfield local authority area.
106,045
population, mid-2024
+7.3%
since 2001
+1.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (106,045)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 106,045 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 105,325 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 104,175 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 103,673 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 103,761 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 104,154 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 104,056 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 104,236 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 104,347 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 104,415 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 104,285 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 104,102 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 103,835 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 103,788 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 103,417 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 103,037 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 102,609 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 102,027 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 101,674 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 101,277 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 100,545 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 99,929 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 99,256 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 98,832 | — |
Food businesses
Chesterfield has 140 takeaways, 158 restaurants and cafés and 132 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.89 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 13.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Chesterfield local authority area (code E07000034), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.