North Norfolk population, 2001–2024
North Norfolk has an estimated population of 103,217 (mid-2024), up 4.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North Norfolk local authority area.
103,217
population, mid-2024
+4.8%
since 2001
+1.2%
last 10 years
2023
peak year (103,280)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 103,217 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 103,280 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 103,178 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 103,239 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 102,064 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 102,509 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 102,523 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 102,718 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 102,176 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 101,973 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 102,012 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 101,410 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 101,445 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 101,664 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 100,780 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 100,556 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 100,887 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 100,338 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 99,907 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 99,638 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 99,374 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 99,121 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 98,723 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 98,495 | — |
Food businesses
North Norfolk has 89 takeaways, 309 restaurants and cafés and 132 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.29 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
North Norfolk has 45 hairdressers and beauty salons, 80 pubs and bars, 70 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 North Norfolk local authority area (code E07000147), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of North Norfolk?
103,217, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the North Norfolk 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 Norfolk growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 4.8% since 2001, from 98,495 to 103,217. The peak year in the series so far is 2023. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.