South Hams population, 2001–2024
South Hams has an estimated population of 92,148 (mid-2024), up 12.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the South Hams local authority area.
92,148
population, mid-2024
+12.5%
since 2001
+9.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (92,148)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 92,148 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 90,937 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 89,795 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 89,161 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 87,371 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 86,458 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 85,874 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 85,183 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 84,554 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 84,616 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 84,221 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 83,867 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 83,523 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 83,563 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 83,516 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 83,368 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 83,516 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 83,363 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 82,985 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 82,489 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 82,085 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 81,994 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 82,058 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 81,929 | — |
Food businesses
South Hams has 53 takeaways, 231 restaurants and cafés and 132 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.23 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the South Hams local authority area (code E07000044), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.