Dudley population, 2001–2024
Dudley has an estimated population of 331,930 (mid-2024), up 8.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Dudley local authority area.
331,930
population, mid-2024
+8.8%
since 2001
+5.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (331,930)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 331,930 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 328,353 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 325,464 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 323,591 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 322,513 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 322,090 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 320,989 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 319,539 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 317,669 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 316,393 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 315,700 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 314,460 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 313,631 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 313,261 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 312,206 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 311,088 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 310,377 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 308,686 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 307,846 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 307,004 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 306,171 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 305,585 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 305,645 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 305,052 | — |
High street businesses
Dudley has 250 hairdressers and beauty salons, 145 pubs and bars, 50 licensed restaurants, 220 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 Dudley local authority area (code E08000027), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Dudley?
331,930, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Dudley 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 Dudley growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 8.8% since 2001, from 305,052 to 331,930. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.