North Devon population, 2001–2024
North Devon has an estimated population of 101,222 (mid-2024), up 15.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North Devon local authority area.
101,222
population, mid-2024
+15.5%
since 2001
+8.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (101,222)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 101,222 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 100,664 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 100,509 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 99,398 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 97,622 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 97,325 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 96,052 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 95,356 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 94,407 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 93,859 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 93,740 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 93,610 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 93,742 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 93,976 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 93,293 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 93,046 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 92,775 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 92,355 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 91,744 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 91,146 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 90,433 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 89,570 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 88,477 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 87,674 | — |
Food businesses
North Devon has 76 takeaways, 347 restaurants and cafés and 114 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.22 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the North Devon local authority area (code E07000043), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.