Rochford population, 2001–2024
Rochford has an estimated population of 89,815 (mid-2024), up 14.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Rochford local authority area.
89,815
population, mid-2024
+14.2%
since 2001
+6.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (89,815)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89,815 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 88,560 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 87,272 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 86,181 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 85,213 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 85,290 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 85,129 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 84,672 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 84,568 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 84,291 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 84,111 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 83,372 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 83,582 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 83,333 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 83,415 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 83,094 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 83,056 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 82,264 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 81,490 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 80,815 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 80,100 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 79,513 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 79,325 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 78,650 | — |
Food businesses
Rochford has 56 takeaways, 157 restaurants and cafés and 51 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.36 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Rochford local authority area (code E07000075), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.