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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)
2005201020152020 315k 356k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024355,884+1.3%
2023351,237+1.3%
2022346,600+1.0%
2021343,145+0.6%
2020341,050+0.6%
2019338,944+0.5%
2018337,192+0.1%
2017336,697+0.1%
2016336,323+0.5%
2015334,735-0.3%
2014335,625+0.3%
2013334,572-0.1%
2012334,972+0.1%
2011334,673+0.3%
2010333,599+0.3%
2009332,748+0.1%
2008332,464+0.5%
2007330,865+0.7%
2006328,587+0.4%
2005327,268+0.7%
2004325,117+1.0%
2003321,869+1.0%
2002318,633+1.2%
2001314,854

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.

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.