West Devon population, 2001–2024
West Devon has an estimated population of 58,923 (mid-2024), up 20.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the West Devon local authority area.
58,923
population, mid-2024
+20.5%
since 2001
+8.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (58,923)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58,923 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 58,920 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 58,218 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 57,480 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 56,236 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 55,865 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 55,647 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 55,557 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 54,947 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 54,623 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 54,402 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 54,011 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 53,938 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 53,655 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 53,285 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 52,868 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 52,566 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 51,711 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 50,833 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 50,481 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 50,118 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 49,698 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 49,972 | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 48,889 | — |
Food businesses
West Devon has 33 takeaways, 104 restaurants and cafés and 73 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.32 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the West Devon local authority area (code E07000047), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.