Antrim and Newtownabbey population, 2001–2024
Antrim and Newtownabbey has an estimated population of 148,100 (mid-2024), up 15.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Antrim and Newtownabbey local authority area.
148,100
population, mid-2024
+15.0%
since 2001
+5.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (148,100)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 148,100 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 147,298 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 146,148 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 145,852 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 145,563 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 145,152 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 143,952 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 142,996 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 142,138 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 141,364 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 140,682 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 140,042 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 139,397 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 138,651 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 138,044 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 137,422 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 136,122 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 134,756 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 133,216 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 132,350 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 131,067 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 130,356 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 129,502 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 128,760 | — |
High street businesses
Antrim and Newtownabbey has 90 hairdressers and beauty salons, 35 pubs and bars, 30 licensed restaurants, 90 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Antrim and Newtownabbey local authority area (code N09000001), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Antrim and Newtownabbey?
148,100, on the NISRA mid-2024 estimate for the Antrim and Newtownabbey local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Antrim and Newtownabbey growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 15.0% since 2001, from 128,760 to 148,100. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.