Trafford population, 2001–2024
Trafford has an estimated population of 241,025 (mid-2024), up 14.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Trafford local authority area.
241,025
population, mid-2024
+14.7%
since 2001
+4.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (241,025)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 241,025 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 238,976 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 237,156 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 235,586 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 235,937 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 236,121 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 235,623 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 234,917 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 233,710 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 232,504 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 231,799 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 230,367 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 228,512 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 227,091 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 225,234 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 223,065 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 220,939 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 219,359 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 217,369 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 215,430 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 214,129 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 213,031 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 211,062 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 210,172 | — |
Food businesses
Trafford has 251 takeaways, 560 restaurants and cafés and 157 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.45 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Trafford local authority area (code E08000009), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.