Ashfield population, 2001–2024
Ashfield has an estimated population of 129,572 (mid-2024), up 16.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Ashfield local authority area.
129,572
population, mid-2024
+16.2%
since 2001
+6.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (129,572)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 129,572 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 128,449 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 127,126 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 126,356 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 126,687 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 126,521 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 126,076 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 125,410 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 123,989 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 123,115 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 122,199 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 121,352 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 119,990 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 119,522 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 118,566 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 117,875 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 116,971 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 116,301 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 115,704 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 115,020 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 114,105 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 113,048 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 112,488 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 111,477 | — |
Food businesses
Ashfield has 122 takeaways, 131 restaurants and cafés and 92 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.93 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Ashfield local authority area (code E07000170), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.