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Newark and Sherwood population, 2001–2024

Newark and Sherwood has an estimated population of 127,886 (mid-2024), up 20.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Newark and Sherwood local authority area.

127,886
population, mid-2024
+20.2%
since 2001
+8.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (127,886)
2005201020152020 106k 128k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024127,886+1.2%
2023126,372+1.1%
2022125,042+1.4%
2021123,352+1.2%
2020121,831+0.2%
2019121,624+0.5%
2018121,025+0.5%
2017120,455+0.9%
2016119,388+1.0%
2015118,248+0.5%
2014117,638+0.8%
2013116,670+0.8%
2012115,773+0.7%
2011114,982+0.3%
2010114,596+0.6%
2009113,914+0.5%
2008113,309+0.7%
2007112,471+0.8%
2006111,534+0.9%
2005110,553+0.7%
2004109,776+1.3%
2003108,359+1.3%
2002106,954+0.6%
2001106,351

Food businesses

Newark and Sherwood has 103 takeaways, 257 restaurants and cafés and 133 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.40 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.

Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Newark and Sherwood local authority area (code E07000175), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.