Mid Devon population, 2001–2024
Mid Devon has an estimated population of 84,993 (mid-2024), up 21.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Mid Devon local authority area.
84,993
population, mid-2024
+21.6%
since 2001
+7.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (84,993)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 84,993 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 84,266 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 83,840 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 83,171 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 82,130 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 81,434 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 80,858 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 80,054 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 79,448 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 79,167 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 78,969 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 78,572 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 78,318 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 77,936 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 77,391 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 76,981 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 76,406 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 75,599 | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 74,138 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 73,323 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 72,607 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 71,472 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 70,651 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 69,887 | — |
Food businesses
Mid Devon has 44 takeaways, 148 restaurants and cafés and 88 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.30 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Mid Devon local authority area (code E07000042), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.