Fylde has a population of 76,500, making it the 3rd largest place in Lancashire.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Fylde population trends, 2001–2024.
Fylde has no city status, making it the 74th largest town in the UK.
Fylde in context
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 Fylde sits in postcode district PR4.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Fylde, the billing authority covering Fylde, is £2,484 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.
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| 5 | Lancaster | 47,162 |
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