Torbay population, 2001–2024
Torbay has an estimated population of 140,126 (mid-2024), up 7.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Torbay local authority area.
140,126
population, mid-2024
+7.8%
since 2001
+4.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (140,126)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 140,126 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 139,744 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 139,435 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 139,440 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 138,695 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 138,754 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 138,100 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 137,329 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 136,172 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 135,052 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 134,217 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 132,920 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 131,806 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 131,193 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 131,443 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 131,641 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 132,070 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 132,172 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 131,857 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 132,178 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 131,937 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 131,238 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 130,521 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 129,965 | — |
Food businesses
Torbay has 157 takeaways, 290 restaurants and cafés and 114 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.54 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Torbay local authority area (code E06000027), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.