Trafford population, 2001–2024
Trafford has an estimated population of 241,025 (mid-2024), up 14.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Trafford local authority area.
241,025
population, mid-2024
+14.7%
since 2001
+4.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (241,025)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 241,025 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 238,976 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 237,156 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 235,586 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 235,937 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 236,121 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 235,623 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 234,917 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 233,710 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 232,504 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 231,799 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 230,367 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 228,512 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 227,091 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 225,234 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 223,065 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 220,939 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 219,359 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 217,369 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 215,430 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 214,129 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 213,031 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 211,062 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 210,172 | — |
Food businesses
Trafford has 251 takeaways, 560 restaurants and cafés and 157 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.45 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Trafford has 230 hairdressers and beauty salons, 75 pubs and bars, 115 licensed restaurants, 200 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Trafford local authority area (code E08000009), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Trafford?
241,025, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Trafford local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Trafford growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 14.7% since 2001, from 210,172 to 241,025. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.