Hartlepool population, 2001–2024
Hartlepool has an estimated population of 98,180 (mid-2024), up 8.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Hartlepool local authority area.
98,180
population, mid-2024
+8.9%
since 2001
+6.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (98,180)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98,180 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 95,942 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 94,161 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 92,575 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 92,202 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 92,401 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 92,288 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 92,306 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 92,260 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 92,125 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 92,358 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 92,465 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 92,344 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 92,088 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 91,773 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 91,530 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 91,379 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 90,969 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 90,781 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 90,457 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 90,317 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 90,134 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 89,993 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 90,152 | — |
Food businesses
Hartlepool has 116 takeaways, 138 restaurants and cafés and 109 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.84 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Hartlepool local authority area (code E06000001), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.