Stratford-on-Avon population, 2001–2024
Stratford-on-Avon has an estimated population of 146,258 (mid-2024), up 31.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stratford-on-Avon local authority area.
146,258
population, mid-2024
+31.1%
since 2001
+19.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (146,258)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 146,258 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 142,931 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 138,772 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 135,946 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 131,979 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 129,816 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 127,565 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 125,624 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 123,729 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 122,850 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 122,142 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 121,548 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 121,005 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 120,824 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 120,191 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 119,826 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 119,666 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 118,478 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 116,708 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 114,823 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 113,483 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 112,992 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 112,258 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 111,551 | — |
Food businesses
Stratford-on-Avon has 82 takeaways, 263 restaurants and cafés and 171 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.31 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Stratford-on-Avon local authority area (code E07000221), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.