Kirklees population, 2001–2024
Kirklees has an estimated population of 447,847 (mid-2024), up 15.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Kirklees local authority area.
447,847
population, mid-2024
+15.1%
since 2001
+4.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (447,847)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 447,847 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 443,745 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 438,486 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 433,458 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 432,878 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 433,259 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 433,571 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 433,393 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 432,588 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 431,110 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 429,036 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 427,009 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 424,922 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 422,970 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 418,339 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 414,785 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 411,807 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 407,974 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 404,266 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 400,724 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 397,530 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 394,486 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 392,118 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 388,980 | — |
Food businesses
Kirklees has 575 takeaways, 610 restaurants and cafés and 475 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.94 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Kirklees local authority area (code E08000034), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.