Mid-year population estimates

Key points for the Lancashire-12 area (Lancashire-14 figures in Brackets)

• The population in mid-2022 was estimated to be 1,253,154 (1,550,490)
• The median age was 42.7
• In the year to mid-2022, there were 1,976 (2,087) more deaths than births
• The population grew by 1.37% (1.2%) between mid-2021 and mid-2022.
• In the 12 months to mid-2022 the fastest growing local authority in the Lancashire-14 area was Preston and the slowest Rossendale.
• The over 65 age group saw a higher annual growth rate, 2.1% (1.8%), than the 0-15s group, 1% (1%) and the 16-64 group, 1.2% (1.0%).
• Areas with an above UK average median age recorded the largest reductions in population due to natural change. In Fylde and Wyre the median age was over 50, and in both areas deaths exceeded births by more than 500 in the year to mid-2022.
• Net internal migration varied from +2,924 in Wyre to -946 in Blackburn with Darwen
• Net international migration in the the year to mid-2022 was 8,846 (11,006), 3,524 in Preston and 114 in Ribble Valley (1,306 in Blackpool).

Now that ONS have re-based the mid-year population estimates for years between 2011 and 2021 it is possible to show accurate year on year change figures for the 2022 estimates. We hope to provide additional analysis in the Microsoft Power BI report which should re-appear in this web-page shortly.

Mid-year population estimates, 2022

Area name	Females	Males	Persons
Burnley	48,315	47,238	95,553
Chorley	59,471	59,153	118,624
Fylde	42,397	40,611	83,008
Hyndburn	42,062	41,151	83,213
Lancaster	73,821	70,625	144,446
Pendle	48,527	47,583	96,110
Preston	75,584	75,998	151,582
Ribble Valley	32,231	30,876	63,107
Rossendale	36,191	34,978	71,169
South Ribble	57,292	54,874	112,166
West Lancashire	62,064	57,283	119,367
Wyre	58,926	55,883	114,809
Lancashire-12 area	636,901	616,253	1,253,154
Blackburn with Darwen	78,431	77,331	155,762
Blackpool	71,560	70,014	141,574
Lancashire-14 area	786,892	763,598	1,550,490
North West	3,822,713	3,693,400	7,516,113
England	29,123,108	27,983,290	57,106,398
England and Wales	30,719,864	29,518,174	60,238,038
United Kingdom			67,596,300

Source: Office for National Statistics, mid-year populations for England and Wales, 2022

United Kingdom population mid-year estimate

Page updated April 2024