West Lancashire population, 2001–2024
West Lancashire has an estimated population of 121,995 (mid-2024), up 12.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the West Lancashire local authority area.
121,995
population, mid-2024
+12.5%
since 2001
+8.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (121,995)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 121,995 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 120,157 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 119,401 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 117,099 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 116,198 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 115,744 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 115,366 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 115,210 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 114,243 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 113,536 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 112,544 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 111,735 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 111,040 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 110,617 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 110,763 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 110,583 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 110,666 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 110,720 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 110,308 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 109,806 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 109,588 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 109,273 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 108,750 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 108,480 | — |
Food businesses
West Lancashire has 97 takeaways, 211 restaurants and cafés and 90 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.46 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the West Lancashire local authority area (code E07000127), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.