West Lindsey population, 2001–2024
West Lindsey has an estimated population of 99,208 (mid-2024), up 24.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the West Lindsey local authority area.
99,208
population, mid-2024
+24.6%
since 2001
+8.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (99,208)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99,208 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 98,224 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 96,860 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 95,555 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 94,278 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 93,894 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 93,424 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 92,919 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 92,943 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 92,188 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 91,273 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 90,396 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 89,878 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 89,352 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 89,364 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 88,616 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 88,261 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 87,345 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 85,852 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 84,626 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 83,786 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 82,498 | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 81,075 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 79,631 | — |
Food businesses
West Lindsey has 72 takeaways, 128 restaurants and cafés and 84 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.56 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the West Lindsey local authority area (code E07000142), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.