Shropshire population, 2001–2024
Shropshire has an estimated population of 332,455 (mid-2024), up 17.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Shropshire local authority area.
332,455
population, mid-2024
+17.4%
since 2001
+7.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (332,455)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 332,455 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 329,558 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 327,352 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 324,669 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 321,054 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 319,729 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 317,112 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 315,232 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 312,836 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 310,751 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 309,436 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 308,181 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 307,921 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 307,108 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 304,523 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 302,069 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 300,473 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 297,633 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 294,531 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 291,523 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 288,810 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 286,913 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 284,901 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 283,254 | — |
Food businesses
Shropshire has 228 takeaways, 731 restaurants and cafés and 411 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.31 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Shropshire has 235 hairdressers and beauty salons, 310 pubs and bars, 160 licensed restaurants, 155 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 Shropshire local authority area (code E06000051), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Shropshire?
332,455, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Shropshire 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 Shropshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 17.4% since 2001, from 283,254 to 332,455. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.