Westmorland and Furness population, 2001–2025
Westmorland and Furness has an estimated population of 231,307 (mid-2025), up 3.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Westmorland and Furness local authority area. The newest year is provisional: when ONS published mid-2025 it revised the mid-2024 figure for 348 of the 361 UK authorities, so read the last point on any of these charts as the current best estimate rather than a settled number.
231,307
population, mid-2025
+3.2%
since 2001
+3.0%
last 10 years
2025
peak year (231,307)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 231,307 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 229,821 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 228,504 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 227,590 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 226,941 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 225,995 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 226,162 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 225,685 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 225,235 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 224,754 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 224,523 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 224,164 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 224,048 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 224,550 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 225,271 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 226,250 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 226,781 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 226,763 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 226,929 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 226,498 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 226,544 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 225,910 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 224,720 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 224,049 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 224,236 | — |
High street businesses
Westmorland and Furness has 165 hairdressers and beauty salons, 210 pubs and bars, 150 licensed restaurants, 150 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 Westmorland and Furness local authority area (code E06000064), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Westmorland and Furness?
231,307, on the ONS mid-2025 estimate for the Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 3.2% since 2001, from 224,236 to 231,307. The peak year in the series so far is 2025. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.