Tameside population, 2001–2024
Tameside has an estimated population of 239,643 (mid-2024), up 12.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Tameside local authority area.
239,643
population, mid-2024
+12.5%
since 2001
+7.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (239,643)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 239,643 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 236,142 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 233,318 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 231,220 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 230,521 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 229,952 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 228,435 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 226,692 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 225,480 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 223,642 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 222,364 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 221,446 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 220,457 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 219,727 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 218,774 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 217,417 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 216,360 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 214,750 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 214,187 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 213,474 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 213,667 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 213,470 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 213,211 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 213,087 | — |
Food businesses
Tameside has 302 takeaways, 310 restaurants and cafés and 238 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.97 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Tameside local authority area (code E08000008), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.