Torridge population, 2001–2024
Torridge has an estimated population of 69,841 (mid-2024), up 18.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Torridge local authority area.
69,841
population, mid-2024
+18.1%
since 2001
+6.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (69,841)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69,841 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 69,291 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 68,696 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 68,444 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 67,631 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 67,837 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 67,787 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 67,529 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 66,512 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 65,808 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 65,306 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 64,860 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 64,688 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 63,973 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 63,686 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 63,477 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 63,501 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 63,100 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 62,615 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 61,954 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 61,479 | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 60,663 | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 59,774 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 59,129 | — |
Food businesses
Torridge has 49 takeaways, 113 restaurants and cafés and 101 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.43 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Torridge local authority area (code E07000046), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.