Melton population, 2001–2024
Melton has an estimated population of 54,052 (mid-2024), up 12.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Melton local authority area.
54,052
population, mid-2024
+12.9%
since 2001
+6.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (54,052)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54,052 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 53,291 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 52,451 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 51,756 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 51,583 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 51,470 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 51,331 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 51,113 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 51,146 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 51,013 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 50,990 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 50,891 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 50,814 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 50,495 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 50,077 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 49,481 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 49,287 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 49,153 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 48,724 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 48,605 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 48,618 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 48,429 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 48,080 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 47,875 | — |
Food businesses
Melton has 39 takeaways, 97 restaurants and cafés and 64 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.40 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Melton local authority area (code E07000133), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.