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.
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.