Northumberland population, 2001–2024
Northumberland has an estimated population of 331,420 (mid-2024), up 7.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Northumberland local authority area.
331,420
population, mid-2024
+7.8%
since 2001
+5.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (331,420)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 331,420 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 327,865 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 324,627 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 321,532 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 318,490 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 318,027 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 316,153 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 315,663 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 314,327 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 314,188 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 315,274 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 315,013 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 315,924 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 316,278 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 315,463 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 314,489 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 314,057 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 312,960 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 311,375 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 310,752 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 310,140 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 309,448 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 308,499 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 307,363 | — |
Food businesses
Northumberland has 305 takeaways, 691 restaurants and cafés and 435 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.44 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Northumberland local authority area (code E06000057), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.