Staffordshire Moorlands population, 2001–2024
Staffordshire Moorlands has an estimated population of 96,651 (mid-2024), up 2.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Staffordshire Moorlands local authority area.
96,651
population, mid-2024
+2.2%
since 2001
-0.6%
last 10 years
2014
peak year (97,235)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96,651 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 96,095 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 95,890 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 95,975 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 95,955 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 96,366 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 96,591 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 96,947 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 96,932 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 97,102 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 97,235 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 96,958 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 96,936 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 97,209 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 96,987 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 96,781 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 96,604 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 96,295 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 95,888 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 95,342 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 94,980 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 94,997 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 94,927 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 94,555 | — |
Food businesses
Staffordshire Moorlands has 80 takeaways, 167 restaurants and cafés and 116 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.48 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Staffordshire Moorlands local authority area (code E07000198), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.