Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Land area
110 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.54
Birth rate
10.1
Death rate
11.0
internal migration
international migration
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The population of Ashfield is 128,337 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Ashfield to be . In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Ashfield grew by an estimated 419 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 8,815. Compare population by area.
Ashfield's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.3%, which is 0.5% lower than the average population growth rate in Ashfield for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.8%).
Ashfield covers an area of 110 square kilometres (42 square miles) and has a population density of 1,171 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration into Ashfield was 399, and net international migration into Ashfield was 110.
Ashfield's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Ashfield if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.54, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 10.1, led to population increases of 1,293 during the year, and Ashfield's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 11.0 resulted in a 1,412 population decrease. In total, a net 119 person natural decrease.
During the past decade, internal migration has risen from a net inflow of 366 in 2011 to a net 399 inflow. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 95 in 2011 to an inflow of 110 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 378 people in 2011 to -119 in 2020.
Internal migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 65% of the total change in population.
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Ashfield's population, population density, and population growth rate, over the past decade.
Figures reported by the ONS in 2021.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 128,337 | 0.33% | |
| 2019 | 127,918 | 0.60% | |
| 2018 | 127,151 | 0.78% | |
| 2017 | 126,164 | 1.33% | |
| 2016 | 124,513 | 0.76% | |
| 2015 | 123,577 | 0.89% | |
| 2014 | 122,490 | 0.78% | |
| 2013 | 121,546 | 1.19% | |
| 2012 | 120,120 | 0.50% | |
| 2011 | 119,522 |
Ashfield's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Ashfield is forecast to be 135,627 in 2025 and 140,278 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 133,472 | 0.87% | 1,218 |
| 2024 | 134,576 | 0.83% | 1,228 |
| 2025 | 135,627 | 0.78% | 1,238 |
| 2026 | 136,636 | 0.74% | 1,247 |
| 2027 | 137,610 | 0.71% | 1,256 |
| 2028 | 138,532 | 0.67% | 1,264 |
| 2029 | 139,424 | 0.64% | 1,273 |
| 2030 | 140,278 | 0.61% | 1,280 |
| 2031 | 141,114 | 0.60% | 1,288 |
| 2032 | 141,943 | 0.59% | 1,296 |
| 2033 | 142,761 | 0.58% | 1,303 |
| 2034 | 143,578 | 0.57% | 1,311 |
| 2035 | 144,376 | 0.56% | 1,318 |
| 2036 | 145,172 | 0.55% | 1,325 |
| 2037 | 145,988 | 0.56% | 1,333 |
| 2038 | 146,797 | 0.55% | 1,340 |
| 2039 | 147,589 | 0.54% | 1,347 |
| 2040 | 148,368 | 0.53% | 1,354 |
| 2041 | 149,137 | 0.52% | 1,361 |
| 2042 | 149,899 | 0.51% | 1,368 |
| 2043 | 150,643 | 0.50% | 1,375 |
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics