Wyre population, 2001–2024
Wyre has an estimated population of 118,743 (mid-2024), up 12.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wyre local authority area.
118,743
population, mid-2024
+12.2%
since 2001
+10.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (118,743)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 118,743 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 116,832 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 114,974 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 112,434 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 110,409 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 109,544 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 109,019 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 108,707 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 108,574 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 108,461 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 107,765 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 107,497 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 107,466 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 107,692 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 107,912 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 108,057 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 108,245 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 108,475 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 108,435 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 108,188 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 107,760 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 107,246 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 106,444 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 105,800 | — |
Food businesses
Wyre has 127 takeaways, 206 restaurants and cafés and 105 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.62 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Wyre local authority area (code E07000128), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.