Lancashire · England
Cleveleys population
15,000people · latest estimate
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Cleveleys has a population of 15,000, making it the 21st largest place in Lancashire.
#21
of 94 in Lancashire
The other populations of Cleveleys
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Cleveleys has between 11,120 and 15,000 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
15,000 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
11,120 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Cleveleys in context
1 km
east to Thornton-Cleveleys, the nearest larger town
321,307
people live within 10 km
#866
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Cleveleys sits in postcode district FY5.
Common questions
What is the population of Cleveleys?
The populated place itself holds 15,000 residents. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.
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Nearby in Lancashire
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poulton-le-Fylde | 19,914 |
| 2 | Heysham | 17,016 |
| 3 | Haslingden | 15,204 |
| 4 | Clitheroe | 14,765 |
| 5 | Clayton-le-Woods | 14,528 |
| 6 | Bacup | 13,047 |