Stockport population, 2001–2024
Stockport has an estimated population of 303,929 (mid-2024), up 6.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stockport local authority area.
303,929
population, mid-2024
+6.8%
since 2001
+6.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (303,929)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 303,929 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 300,326 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 297,386 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 295,268 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 293,851 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 293,172 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 291,631 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 290,905 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 289,879 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 288,210 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 286,267 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 284,816 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 283,953 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 283,253 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 282,614 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 282,263 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 281,477 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 280,953 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 280,498 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 281,195 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 282,368 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 282,932 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 283,502 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 284,557 | — |
Food businesses
Stockport has 380 takeaways, 641 restaurants and cafés and 180 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.59 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Stockport local authority area (code E08000007), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.