Bolsover population, 2001–2024
Bolsover has an estimated population of 83,773 (mid-2024), up 16.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bolsover local authority area.
83,773
population, mid-2024
+16.5%
since 2001
+8.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (83,773)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83,773 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 82,771 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 81,490 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 80,473 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 79,647 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 79,178 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 78,566 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 78,444 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 77,870 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 77,625 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 77,074 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 76,811 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 76,505 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 76,029 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 75,691 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 75,224 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 75,058 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 74,822 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 74,347 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 73,844 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 73,601 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 73,343 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 72,527 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 71,887 | — |
Food businesses
Bolsover has 74 takeaways, 118 restaurants and cafés and 70 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.63 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bolsover local authority area (code E07000033), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.