Stroud population, 2001–2024
Stroud has an estimated population of 125,680 (mid-2024), up 16.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stroud local authority area.
125,680
population, mid-2024
+16.3%
since 2001
+9.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (125,680)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 125,680 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 124,456 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 123,282 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 121,493 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 119,511 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 118,832 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 118,172 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 117,613 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 117,213 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 116,770 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 115,211 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 113,895 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 113,328 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 113,074 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 112,491 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 111,853 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 111,375 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 111,069 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 110,509 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 110,122 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 109,477 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 108,840 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 108,229 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 108,060 | — |
Food businesses
Stroud has 148 takeaways, 212 restaurants and cafés and 93 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.70 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Stroud local authority area (code E07000082), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.