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.
High street businesses
Hartlepool has 65 hairdressers and beauty salons, 50 pubs and bars, 25 licensed restaurants, 80 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 Hartlepool local authority area (code E06000001), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Hartlepool?
98,180, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Hartlepool 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 Hartlepool growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 8.9% since 2001, from 90,152 to 98,180. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.