Rother population, 2001–2024
Rother has an estimated population of 96,133 (mid-2024), up 12.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Rother local authority area.
96,133
population, mid-2024
+12.5%
since 2001
+5.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (96,133)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96,133 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 95,089 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 94,323 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 93,409 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 92,734 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 92,581 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 92,832 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 92,904 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 92,314 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 91,751 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 91,269 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 90,487 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 90,735 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 90,729 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 90,578 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 90,123 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 90,120 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 89,262 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 88,221 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 87,684 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 87,183 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 86,718 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 86,174 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 85,471 | — |
Food businesses
Rother has 49 takeaways, 245 restaurants and cafés and 91 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.20 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Rother local authority area (code E07000064), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.