North West Leicestershire population, 2001–2024
North West Leicestershire has an estimated population of 111,881 (mid-2024), up 30.6% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North West Leicestershire local authority area.
111,881
population, mid-2024
+30.6%
since 2001
+17.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (111,881)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 111,881 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 110,203 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 107,739 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 105,004 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 103,344 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 102,461 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 101,195 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 99,315 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 97,729 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 96,362 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 95,270 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 94,358 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 93,805 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 93,670 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 93,165 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 92,728 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 92,283 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 91,476 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 90,406 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 89,623 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 88,845 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 87,794 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 86,842 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 85,678 | — |
Food businesses
North West Leicestershire has 84 takeaways, 334 restaurants and cafés and 87 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.25 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the North West Leicestershire local authority area (code E07000134), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.