Pendle population, 2001–2024
Pendle has an estimated population of 99,777 (mid-2024), up 11.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Pendle local authority area.
99,777
population, mid-2024
+11.8%
since 2001
+9.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (99,777)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99,777 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 97,881 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 96,509 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 95,819 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 95,099 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 94,896 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 93,872 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 93,066 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 92,502 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 91,531 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 90,803 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 90,720 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 89,873 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 89,576 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 89,234 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 89,287 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 89,005 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 88,819 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 88,788 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 88,312 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 88,330 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 88,559 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 88,830 | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 89,277 | — |
Food businesses
Pendle has 98 takeaways, 152 restaurants and cafés and 75 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.64 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Pendle local authority area (code E07000122), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.