Rochdale population, 2001–2024
Rochdale has an estimated population of 235,561 (mid-2024), up 14.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Rochdale local authority area.
235,561
population, mid-2024
+14.1%
since 2001
+10.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (235,561)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 235,561 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 231,217 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 227,715 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 224,127 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 223,024 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 222,042 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 219,969 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 218,492 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 216,251 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 214,560 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 213,462 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 212,503 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 212,345 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 211,929 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 210,758 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 210,248 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 209,666 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 208,393 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 207,845 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 207,200 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 207,286 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 207,528 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 206,697 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 206,440 | — |
Food businesses
Rochdale has 327 takeaways, 241 restaurants and cafés and 181 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 1.36 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 13.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Rochdale local authority area (code E08000005), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.