Salford population, 2001–2024
Salford has an estimated population of 294,348 (mid-2024), up 35.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Salford local authority area.
294,348
population, mid-2024
+35.7%
since 2001
+21.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (294,348)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 294,348 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 287,178 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 280,044 | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 270,866 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 266,090 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 263,611 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 259,224 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 255,090 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 251,562 | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 246,942 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 242,602 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 239,718 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 237,421 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 234,487 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 231,837 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 228,948 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 226,782 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 223,468 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 221,931 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 219,536 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 217,921 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 217,312 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 216,310 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 216,978 | — |
Food businesses
Salford has 343 takeaways, 443 restaurants and cafés and 165 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.77 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Salford local authority area (code E08000006), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.