East Suffolk population, 2001–2024
East Suffolk has an estimated population of 249,664 (mid-2024), up 9.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the East Suffolk local authority area.
249,664
population, mid-2024
+9.6%
since 2001
+4.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (249,664)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 249,664 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 248,482 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 247,135 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 246,776 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 245,482 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 245,052 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 244,313 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 243,496 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 241,807 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 240,479 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 239,929 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 239,921 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 239,607 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 239,946 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 239,932 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 239,877 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 240,139 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 239,249 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 237,032 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 235,651 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 233,329 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 230,868 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 228,974 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 227,736 | — |
Food businesses
East Suffolk has 229 takeaways, 534 restaurants and cafés and 228 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.43 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
East Suffolk has 165 hairdressers and beauty salons, 155 pubs and bars, 110 licensed restaurants, 130 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 Suffolk local authority area (code E07000244), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of East Suffolk?
249,664, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the East Suffolk 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 Suffolk growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 9.6% since 2001, from 227,736 to 249,664. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.