Fylde population, 2001–2024
Fylde has an estimated population of 85,447 (mid-2024), up 16.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Fylde local authority area.
85,447
population, mid-2024
+16.5%
since 2001
+11.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (85,447)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 85,447 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 84,210 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 83,050 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 81,750 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 80,176 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 79,852 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 79,191 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 78,423 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 77,886 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 77,135 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 76,907 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 76,253 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 75,901 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 76,098 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 75,610 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 75,441 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 75,230 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 75,305 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 74,824 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 74,841 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 74,667 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 74,212 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 73,658 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 73,340 | — |
Food businesses
Fylde has 83 takeaways, 193 restaurants and cafés and 81 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.43 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Fylde local authority area (code E07000119), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.