North East Lincolnshire population, 2001–2024
North East Lincolnshire has an estimated population of 159,911 (mid-2024), up 1.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North East Lincolnshire local authority area.
159,911
population, mid-2024
+1.2%
since 2001
+0.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (159,911)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 159,911 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 158,663 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 157,842 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 157,188 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 157,313 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 157,957 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 158,460 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 158,699 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 158,877 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 159,140 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 159,420 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 159,456 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 159,408 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 159,735 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 158,951 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 158,689 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 158,708 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 158,589 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 158,610 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 158,725 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 158,542 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 158,373 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 158,003 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 157,951 | — |
Food businesses
North East Lincolnshire has 226 takeaways, 298 restaurants and cafés and 127 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.76 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 14.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
North East Lincolnshire has 125 hairdressers and beauty salons, 60 pubs and bars, 45 licensed restaurants, 145 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 North East Lincolnshire local authority area (code E06000012), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of North East Lincolnshire?
159,911, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the North East Lincolnshire 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 North East Lincolnshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 1.2% since 2001, from 157,951 to 159,911. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.