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.
High street businesses
Kirklees has 290 hairdressers and beauty salons, 235 pubs and bars, 125 licensed restaurants, 370 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 Kirklees local authority area (code E08000034), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Kirklees?
447,847, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Kirklees 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 Kirklees growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 15.1% since 2001, from 388,980 to 447,847. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.