Stockton-on-Tees population, 2001–2024
Stockton-on-Tees has an estimated population of 206,800 (mid-2024), up 12.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Stockton-on-Tees local authority area.
206,800
population, mid-2024
+12.5%
since 2001
+6.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (206,800)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 206,800 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 203,768 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 200,753 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 197,032 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 196,388 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 196,860 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 197,509 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 197,046 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 196,412 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 195,790 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 195,113 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 193,923 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 192,837 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 191,824 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 190,902 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 189,978 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 189,039 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 187,937 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 187,270 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 186,350 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 185,687 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 185,699 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 184,940 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 183,795 | — |
Food businesses
Stockton-on-Tees has 185 takeaways, 242 restaurants and cafés and 164 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.76 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Stockton-on-Tees local authority area (code E06000004), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.