Stafford population, 2001–2024
Stafford has an estimated population of 141,556 (mid-2024), up 17.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stafford local authority area.
141,556
population, mid-2024
+17.3%
since 2001
+7.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (141,556)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 141,556 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 140,227 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 138,596 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 137,201 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 135,685 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 135,286 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 134,069 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 133,199 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 132,507 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 131,221 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 131,312 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 131,485 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 131,324 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 130,895 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 130,001 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 129,041 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 128,320 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 127,055 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 125,620 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 124,361 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 123,224 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 122,447 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 121,409 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 120,712 | — |
Food businesses
Stafford has 80 takeaways, 205 restaurants and cafés and 144 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.39 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Stafford local authority area (code E07000197), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.