Derbyshire Dales population, 2001–2024
Derbyshire Dales has an estimated population of 71,757 (mid-2024), up 3.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Derbyshire Dales local authority area.
71,757
population, mid-2024
+3.4%
since 2001
+0.8%
last 10 years
2023
peak year (71,946)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 71,757 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 71,946 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 71,771 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 71,659 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 70,972 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 71,190 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 71,130 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 71,092 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 70,883 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 70,893 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 71,154 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 71,148 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 71,272 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 71,104 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 71,030 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 70,705 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 70,450 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 69,850 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 69,526 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 69,509 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 69,536 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 69,368 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 69,392 | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 69,418 | — |
Food businesses
Derbyshire Dales has 57 takeaways, 235 restaurants and cafés and 160 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.24 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Derbyshire Dales local authority area (code E07000035), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.