Isle of Anglesey population, 2001–2024
Isle of Anglesey has an estimated population of 69,097 (mid-2024), up 1.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Isle of Anglesey local authority area.
69,097
population, mid-2024
+1.9%
since 2001
-1.0%
last 10 years
2012
peak year (69,964)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69,097 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 69,238 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 69,107 | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 68,937 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 68,794 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 68,278 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 68,539 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 68,617 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 68,826 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 69,415 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 69,761 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 69,880 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 69,964 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 69,913 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 69,833 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 69,884 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 69,916 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 69,700 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 69,388 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 69,095 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 68,753 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 68,140 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 67,879 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 67,806 | — |
High street businesses
Isle of Anglesey has 40 hairdressers and beauty salons, 55 pubs and bars, 45 licensed restaurants, 60 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 Isle of Anglesey local authority area (code W06000001), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Isle of Anglesey?
69,097, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Isle of Anglesey 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 Isle of Anglesey growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 1.9% since 2001, from 67,806 to 69,097. The peak year in the series so far is 2012. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.