Rhondda Cynon Taf population, 2001–2024
Rhondda Cynon Taf has an estimated population of 242,844 (mid-2024), up 4.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Rhondda Cynon Taf local authority area.
242,844
population, mid-2024
+4.7%
since 2001
+3.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (242,844)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 242,844 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 242,091 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 239,494 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 237,545 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 238,039 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 237,574 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 236,685 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 236,357 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 235,567 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 235,233 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 235,284 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 235,145 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 235,271 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 234,373 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 234,459 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 234,743 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 234,724 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 234,471 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 234,493 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 234,070 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 233,971 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 232,361 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 231,795 | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 231,910 | — |
High street businesses
Rhondda Cynon Taf has 170 hairdressers and beauty salons, 115 pubs and bars, 30 licensed restaurants, 210 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf local authority area (code W06000016), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Rhondda Cynon Taf?
242,844, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Rhondda Cynon Taf 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 4.7% since 2001, from 231,910 to 242,844. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.