Bassetlaw population, 2001–2024
Bassetlaw has an estimated population of 124,937 (mid-2024), up 15.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bassetlaw local authority area.
124,937
population, mid-2024
+15.9%
since 2001
+9.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (124,937)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 124,937 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 122,577 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 120,051 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 118,327 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 117,068 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 116,485 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 116,212 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 115,757 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 114,879 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 114,393 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 114,026 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 113,577 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 113,248 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 113,003 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 112,924 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 112,563 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 112,106 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 111,314 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 110,876 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 110,488 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 110,017 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 109,276 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 108,451 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 107,843 | — |
Food businesses
Bassetlaw has 114 takeaways, 205 restaurants and cafés and 137 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 9.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bassetlaw local authority area (code E07000171), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.