North Kesteven population, 2001–2024
North Kesteven has an estimated population of 122,468 (mid-2024), up 29.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North Kesteven local authority area.
122,468
population, mid-2024
+29.8%
since 2001
+10.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (122,468)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 122,468 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 121,115 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 119,799 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 118,502 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 117,057 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 115,821 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 114,860 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 114,423 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 113,063 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 111,665 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 110,746 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 109,654 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 109,139 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 108,518 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 107,478 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 106,456 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 105,495 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 103,844 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 102,275 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 100,710 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 99,943 | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 98,593 | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 96,898 | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 94,378 | — |
Food businesses
North Kesteven has 74 takeaways, 136 restaurants and cafés and 99 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.54 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the North Kesteven local authority area (code E07000139), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.