Newcastle-under-Lyme population, 2001–2024
Newcastle-under-Lyme has an estimated population of 127,727 (mid-2024), up 4.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area.
127,727
population, mid-2024
+4.7%
since 2001
+2.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (127,727)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 127,727 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 126,282 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 125,428 | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 123,039 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 124,567 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 125,075 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 125,755 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 125,303 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 125,367 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 123,919 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 124,162 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 123,872 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 123,132 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 123,878 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 123,351 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 123,073 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 123,213 | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 123,526 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 123,191 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 123,170 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 123,076 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 122,657 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 122,165 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 122,015 | — |
Food businesses
Newcastle-under-Lyme has 120 takeaways, 86 restaurants and cafés and 123 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 1.40 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area (code E07000195), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.