Isles of Scilly population, 2001–2024
Isles of Scilly has an estimated population of 2,366 (mid-2024), up 10.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Isles of Scilly local authority area.
2,366
population, mid-2024
+10.6%
since 2001
+8.1%
last 10 years
2023
peak year (2,433)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,366 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 2,433 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 2,340 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 2,271 | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 2,030 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 2,098 | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 2,166 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,170 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 2,236 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,238 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2,188 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,214 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2,249 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 2,224 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,228 | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 2,251 | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 2,333 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,293 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 2,264 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 2,210 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,210 | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 2,155 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,170 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 2,140 | — |
Food businesses
Isles of Scilly has 3 takeaways, 24 restaurants and cafés and 9 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.13 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Isles of Scilly local authority area (code E06000053), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.