North Somerset population, 2001–2024
North Somerset has an estimated population of 224,578 (mid-2024), up 18.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North Somerset local authority area.
224,578
population, mid-2024
+18.9%
since 2001
+7.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (224,578)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 224,578 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 221,927 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 219,064 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 217,385 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 215,850 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 215,540 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 214,360 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 213,701 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 212,660 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 210,553 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 208,617 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 206,403 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 204,465 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 203,091 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 202,967 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 201,711 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 200,853 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 199,498 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 197,028 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 194,745 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 192,776 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 191,323 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 189,718 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 188,840 | — |
Food businesses
North Somerset has 146 takeaways, 305 restaurants and cafés and 202 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.48 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
North Somerset has 145 hairdressers and beauty salons, 100 pubs and bars, 100 licensed restaurants, 120 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 Somerset local authority area (code E06000024), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of North Somerset?
224,578, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the North Somerset 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 Somerset growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 18.9% since 2001, from 188,840 to 224,578. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.