Cheshire East population, 2001–2024
Cheshire East has an estimated population of 421,298 (mid-2024), up 19.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Cheshire East local authority area.
421,298
population, mid-2024
+19.7%
since 2001
+11.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (421,298)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 421,298 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 414,836 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 407,083 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 400,474 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 393,203 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 390,556 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 386,891 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 384,221 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 381,414 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 378,511 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 376,574 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 373,956 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 372,501 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 370,736 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 369,051 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 368,023 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 367,160 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 365,003 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 362,049 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 359,807 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 357,354 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 355,529 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 353,348 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 352,104 | — |
Food businesses
Cheshire East has 267 takeaways, 331 restaurants and cafés and 300 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.81 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Cheshire East local authority area (code E06000049), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.