Stevenage population, 2001–2024
Stevenage has an estimated population of 91,774 (mid-2024), up 15.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stevenage local authority area.
91,774
population, mid-2024
+15.0%
since 2001
+5.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (91,774)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91,774 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 90,567 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 89,639 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 89,360 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 89,755 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 89,541 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 89,310 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 89,099 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 88,466 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 87,482 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 86,719 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 85,974 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 85,052 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 84,247 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 83,007 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 82,253 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 81,615 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 80,734 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 80,352 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 80,330 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 80,008 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 80,308 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 80,110 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 79,794 | — |
Food businesses
Stevenage has 167 takeaways, 131 restaurants and cafés and 39 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 1.27 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 18.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Stevenage local authority area (code E07000243), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.