Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Land area
169 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.97
Birth rate
12.9
Death rate
10.5
internal migration
-0.6%
international migration
0.4%
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The population of Pendle is 92,145 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Pendle to be 92,211. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Pendle grew by an estimated 33 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 2,569. Compare population by area.
Pendle's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.0%, which is 0.3% lower than the average population growth rate in Pendle for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.3%).
Pendle covers an area of 169 square kilometres (65 square miles) and has a population density of 544 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 15 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration out of Pendle was 556, and net international migration into Pendle was 353.
Pendle's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Pendle if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.97, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 12.9, led to population increases of 1,191 during the year, and Pendle's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 10.5 resulted in a 968 population decrease. In total, a net 223 person natural increase.
During the past decade, internal migration has fallen from a net outflow of 383 in 2011 to a net 556 outflow. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 307 in 2011 to an inflow of 353 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 560 people in 2011 to 223 in 2020.
International migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 138% of the total change in population (over 100% as other factors were net outflows).
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Pendle'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 | 92,145 | 0.04% | 544 |
| 2019 | 92,112 | 0.77% | 544 |
| 2018 | 91,405 | 0.78% | 540 |
| 2017 | 90,696 | 0.20% | 535 |
| 2016 | 90,515 | 0.66% | 534 |
| 2015 | 89,925 | 0.30% | 531 |
| 2014 | 89,655 | -0.35% | 529 |
| 2013 | 89,973 | 0.48% | 531 |
| 2012 | 89,541 | -0.04% | 529 |
| 2011 | 89,576 | 529 |
Pendle's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Pendle is forecast to be 93,027 in 2025 and 93,473 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 92,733 | 0.22% | 547 |
| 2024 | 92,898 | 0.18% | 548 |
| 2025 | 93,027 | 0.14% | 549 |
| 2026 | 93,152 | 0.14% | 550 |
| 2027 | 93,241 | 0.10% | 550 |
| 2028 | 93,320 | 0.08% | 551 |
| 2029 | 93,392 | 0.08% | 551 |
| 2030 | 93,473 | 0.09% | 552 |
| 2031 | 93,554 | 0.09% | 552 |
| 2032 | 93,643 | 0.10% | 553 |
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