East Riding of Yorkshire population, 2001–2024
East Riding of Yorkshire has an estimated population of 355,884 (mid-2024), up 13.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority area.
355,884
population, mid-2024
+13.0%
since 2001
+6.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (355,884)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 355,884 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 351,237 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 346,600 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 343,145 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 341,050 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 338,944 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 337,192 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 336,697 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 336,323 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 334,735 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 335,625 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 334,572 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 334,972 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 334,673 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 333,599 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 332,748 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 332,464 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 330,865 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 328,587 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 327,268 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 325,117 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 321,869 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 318,633 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 314,854 | — |
Food businesses
East Riding of Yorkshire has 316 takeaways, 581 restaurants and cafés and 426 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.54 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
East Riding of Yorkshire has 295 hairdressers and beauty salons, 235 pubs and bars, 155 licensed restaurants, 245 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 East Riding of Yorkshire local authority area (code E06000011), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of East Riding of Yorkshire?
355,884, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the East Riding of Yorkshire 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 East Riding of Yorkshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 13.0% since 2001, from 314,854 to 355,884. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.