Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Land area
282 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.62
Birth rate
7.8
Death rate
14.7
internal migration
1.4%
international migration
0.2%
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The population of Wyre is 113,067 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Wyre to be 115,045. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Wyre grew by an estimated 976 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 5,375. Compare population by area.
Wyre's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.9%, which is 0.3% higher than the average population growth rate in Wyre for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.5%).
Wyre covers an area of 282 square kilometres (109 square miles) and has a population density of 401 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 19 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration into Wyre was 1,538, and net international migration into Wyre was 199.
Wyre's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Wyre if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.62, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 7.8, led to population increases of 870 during the year, and Wyre's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 14.7 resulted in a 1,645 population decrease. In total, a net 775 person natural decrease.
During the past decade, internal migration has risen from a net inflow of 457 in 2011 to a net 1,538 inflow. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 125 in 2011 to an inflow of 199 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of -391 people in 2011 to -775 in 2020.
Internal migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 169% of the total change in population (over 100% as other factors were net outflows).
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Wyre'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 | 113,067 | 0.87% | 401 |
| 2019 | 112,091 | 0.78% | 397 |
| 2018 | 111,223 | 0.72% | 394 |
| 2017 | 110,426 | 0.39% | 391 |
| 2016 | 110,002 | 0.42% | 390 |
| 2015 | 109,546 | 0.88% | 388 |
| 2014 | 108,594 | 0.39% | 385 |
| 2013 | 108,167 | 0.33% | 383 |
| 2012 | 107,809 | 0.11% | 382 |
| 2011 | 107,692 | 382 |
Wyre's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Wyre is forecast to be 115,263 in 2025 and 117,659 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 114,202 | 0.50% | 405 |
| 2024 | 114,740 | 0.47% | 407 |
| 2025 | 115,263 | 0.46% | 409 |
| 2026 | 115,755 | 0.43% | 410 |
| 2027 | 116,249 | 0.43% | 412 |
| 2028 | 116,741 | 0.42% | 414 |
| 2029 | 117,206 | 0.40% | 415 |
| 2030 | 117,659 | 0.39% | 417 |
| 2031 | 118,098 | 0.37% | 419 |
| 2032 | 118,514 | 0.35% | 420 |
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