Stoke-on-Trent population, 2001–2024
Stoke-on-Trent has an estimated population of 270,425 (mid-2024), up 12.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stoke-on-Trent local authority area.
270,425
population, mid-2024
+12.5%
since 2001
+6.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (270,425)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 270,425 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 265,822 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 260,624 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 258,102 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 258,866 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 259,181 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 258,843 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 258,235 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 256,168 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 254,095 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 253,316 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 251,568 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 250,322 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 248,719 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 247,381 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 245,869 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 245,509 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 243,697 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 243,069 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 241,481 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 241,078 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 240,031 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 239,955 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 240,422 | — |
Food businesses
Stoke-on-Trent has 330 takeaways, 353 restaurants and cafés and 210 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.93 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Stoke-on-Trent local authority area (code E06000021), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.