Ards and North Down population, 2001–2024
Ards and North Down has an estimated population of 165,415 (mid-2024), up 10.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Ards and North Down local authority area.
165,415
population, mid-2024
+10.6%
since 2001
+4.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (165,415)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 165,415 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 164,913 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 164,223 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 163,827 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 163,206 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 162,807 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 161,816 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 160,931 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 160,299 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 159,362 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 158,376 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 157,956 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 157,794 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 156,943 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 156,518 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 156,058 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 155,014 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 154,406 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 153,488 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 152,233 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 150,912 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 150,424 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 150,198 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 149,559 | — |
High street businesses
Ards and North Down has 115 hairdressers and beauty salons, 40 pubs and bars, 60 licensed restaurants, 105 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 Ards and North Down local authority area (code N09000011), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Ards and North Down?
165,415, on the NISRA mid-2024 estimate for the Ards and North Down 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 Ards and North Down growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 10.6% since 2001, from 149,559 to 165,415. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.