Isles of Scilly population, 2001–2024
Isles of Scilly has an estimated population of 2,366 (mid-2024), up 10.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Isles of Scilly local authority area.
2,366
population, mid-2024
+10.6%
since 2001
+8.1%
last 10 years
2023
peak year (2,433)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,366 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 2,433 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 2,340 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 2,271 | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 2,030 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 2,098 | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 2,166 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,170 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 2,236 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,238 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2,188 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,214 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2,249 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 2,224 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,228 | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 2,251 | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 2,333 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,293 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 2,264 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 2,210 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,210 | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 2,155 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,170 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 2,140 | — |
Food businesses
Isles of Scilly has 3 takeaways, 24 restaurants and cafés and 9 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.13 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Isles of Scilly has 10 pubs and bars, 10 licensed restaurants, 5 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 Isles of Scilly local authority area (code E06000053), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Isles of Scilly?
2,366, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Isles of Scilly 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 Isles of Scilly growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 10.6% since 2001, from 2,140 to 2,366. The peak year in the series so far is 2023. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.