Chorley population, 2001–2024
Chorley has an estimated population of 120,839 (mid-2024), up 20.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Chorley local authority area.
120,839
population, mid-2024
+20.2%
since 2001
+8.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (120,839)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 120,839 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 119,823 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 118,677 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 117,908 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 117,178 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 116,762 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 115,739 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 114,810 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 113,593 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 112,418 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 111,174 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 110,160 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 108,916 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 107,591 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 106,443 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 105,682 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 105,396 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 104,362 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 103,807 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 103,279 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 102,778 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 102,003 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 101,142 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 100,559 | — |
Food businesses
Chorley has 130 takeaways, 141 restaurants and cafés and 105 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.92 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Chorley local authority area (code E07000118), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.