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South Derbyshire population, 2001–2024

South Derbyshire has an estimated population of 117,493 (mid-2024), up 43.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the South Derbyshire local authority area.

117,493
population, mid-2024
+43.7%
since 2001
+20.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (117,493)
2005201020152020 82k 117k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024117,493+2.7%
2023114,413+2.9%
2022111,235+2.9%
2021108,051+2.6%
2020105,265+1.9%
2019103,315+2.1%
2018101,194+1.3%
201799,868+1.3%
201698,630+1.0%
201597,682+0.5%
201497,213+1.1%
201396,193+0.7%
201295,521+0.6%
201194,915+0.9%
201094,095+1.2%
200993,015+1.1%
200892,023+1.5%
200790,655+1.5%
200689,295+1.7%
200587,832+1.5%
200486,506+1.4%
200385,312+2.2%
200283,480+2.1%
200181,738

Food businesses

South Derbyshire has 75 takeaways, 122 restaurants and cafés and 114 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.61 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.

Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the South Derbyshire local authority area (code E07000039), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.