South Cambridgeshire population, 2001–2024
South Cambridgeshire has an estimated population of 172,544 (mid-2024), up 32.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the South Cambridgeshire local authority area.
172,544
population, mid-2024
+32.2%
since 2001
+12.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (172,544)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 172,544 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 169,328 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 165,727 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 163,042 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 160,548 | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 159,031 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 157,810 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 157,215 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 156,780 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 154,962 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 153,423 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 151,598 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 151,133 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 149,842 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 147,890 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 145,679 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 143,591 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 141,484 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 139,264 | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 137,420 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 135,645 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 134,057 | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 131,893 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 130,476 | — |
Food businesses
South Cambridgeshire has 59 takeaways, 213 restaurants and cafés and 132 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.28 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 3.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the South Cambridgeshire local authority area (code E07000012), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.