Redcar and Cleveland population, 2001–2024
Redcar and Cleveland has an estimated population of 139,228 (mid-2024), up 0.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Redcar and Cleveland local authority area.
139,228
population, mid-2024
+0.0%
since 2001
+3.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (139,228)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 139,228 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 138,115 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 137,233 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 136,605 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 136,571 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 136,699 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 136,276 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 135,584 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 135,344 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 135,370 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 135,106 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 134,838 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 134,951 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 135,164 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 135,383 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 135,867 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 136,512 | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 136,940 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 137,621 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 138,177 | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 138,643 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 138,565 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 138,520 | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 139,159 | — |
Food businesses
Redcar and Cleveland has 172 takeaways, 246 restaurants and cafés and 133 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.70 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Redcar and Cleveland has 95 hairdressers and beauty salons, 75 pubs and bars, 40 licensed restaurants, 95 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 Redcar and Cleveland local authority area (code E06000003), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Redcar and Cleveland?
139,228, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Redcar and Cleveland 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 Redcar and Cleveland growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 0.0% since 2001, from 139,159 to 139,228. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.