Doncaster population, 2001–2024
Doncaster has an estimated population of 319,765 (mid-2024), up 11.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Doncaster local authority area.
319,765
population, mid-2024
+11.5%
since 2001
+5.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (319,765)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 319,765 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 315,428 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 311,395 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 308,697 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 308,185 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 308,438 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 308,237 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 307,058 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 306,137 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 304,311 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 303,673 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 302,991 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 302,626 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 302,468 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 301,299 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 300,184 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 298,388 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 296,215 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 293,990 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 292,174 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 290,850 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 290,111 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 288,647 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 286,900 | — |
Food businesses
Doncaster has 333 takeaways, 816 restaurants and cafés and 255 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.41 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Doncaster local authority area (code E08000017), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.