Stockport population, 2001–2024
Stockport has an estimated population of 303,929 (mid-2024), up 6.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stockport local authority area.
303,929
population, mid-2024
+6.8%
since 2001
+6.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (303,929)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 303,929 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 300,326 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 297,386 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 295,268 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 293,851 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 293,172 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 291,631 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 290,905 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 289,879 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 288,210 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 286,267 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 284,816 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 283,953 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 283,253 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 282,614 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 282,263 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 281,477 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 280,953 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 280,498 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 281,195 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 282,368 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 282,932 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 283,502 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 284,557 | — |
Food businesses
Stockport has 380 takeaways, 641 restaurants and cafés and 180 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.59 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Stockport has 310 hairdressers and beauty salons, 140 pubs and bars, 135 licensed restaurants, 240 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 Stockport local authority area (code E08000007), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Stockport?
303,929, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Stockport 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 Stockport growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 6.8% since 2001, from 284,557 to 303,929. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.