Rotherham population, 2001–2024
Rotherham has an estimated population of 276,595 (mid-2024), up 11.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Rotherham local authority area.
276,595
population, mid-2024
+11.4%
since 2001
+5.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (276,595)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 276,595 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 272,648 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 268,707 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 266,173 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 265,593 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 265,991 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 265,154 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 264,167 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 263,273 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 262,063 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 261,391 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 259,391 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 258,710 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 257,716 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 256,893 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 256,313 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 255,271 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 254,180 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 253,638 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 252,675 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 251,722 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 250,886 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 249,610 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 248,349 | — |
Food businesses
Rotherham has 254 takeaways, 403 restaurants and cafés and 205 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.63 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Rotherham local authority area (code E08000018), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.