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Population in Preston

Every population series published for Preston, each over its full published span. A series that begins part-way along began then: nothing earlier is published for this area, and no gap is filled in.

Net internal migration by local authority

In Preston, net internal migration by local authority rose from -1,024 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,029 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,053 or 200.5% (ONS).

Net internal migration by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour-1k01k201520202025Year to mid-2012: -1,024 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: -1,216 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: -1,449 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: -1,118 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: -1,930 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: -23 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: -314 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: -143 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 111 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: -234 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: -24 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 369 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: -132 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,029 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,029 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

International migration into a local authority

In Preston, international migration into a local authority rose from 1,938 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,859 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,921 or 99.1% (ONS).

International migration into a local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02k4k6k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,938 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 2,062 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 2,221 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 2,379 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 2,444 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 2,256 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 2,341 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 3,566 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 3,741 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 3,631 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 5,900 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 6,921 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 6,226 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 3,859 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 3,859 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

International migration out of a local authority

In Preston, international migration out of a local authority rose from 1,595 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,507 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 912 or 57.2% (ONS).

International migration out of a local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01k2k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,595 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 1,446 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 1,565 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 1,434 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 1,331 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 1,368 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 1,435 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 1,631 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 2,425 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 1,616 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 1,448 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 1,640 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 1,977 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 2,507 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 2,507 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Net international migration by local authority

In Preston, net international migration by local authority rose from 343 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,352 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,009 or 294.2% (ONS).

Net international migration by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02k4k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 343 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 616 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 656 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 945 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 1,113 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 888 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 906 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 1,935 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,316 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 2,015 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 4,452 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 5,281 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 4,249 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,352 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,352 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Births by local authority

In Preston, births by local authority rose from 1,842 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,943 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 101 or 5.5% (ONS).

Births by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k2k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,842 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 1,880 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 1,909 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 1,908 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 1,884 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 1,832 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 1,732 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 1,806 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,724 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 1,762 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 1,746 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 1,747 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 1,764 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,943 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,943 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Deaths by local authority

In Preston, deaths by local authority rose from 1,158 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,390 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 232 or 20.0% (ONS).

Deaths by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,158 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 1,243 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 1,220 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 1,250 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 1,188 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 1,224 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 1,300 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 1,198 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,457 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 1,386 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 1,439 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 1,405 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 1,374 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,390 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 1,390 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Births minus deaths by local authority

In Preston, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 684 in Year to mid-2012 to 553 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 131 or 19.2% (ONS).

Births minus deaths by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200400600201520202025Year to mid-2012: 684 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 637 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 689 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 658 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 696 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 608 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 432 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 608 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 267 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 376 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 307 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 342 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 390 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 553 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: 553 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Other population change by local authority

In Preston, other population change by local authority fell from 159 in Year to mid-2012 to -29 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 188 or 118.2% (ONS).

Other population change by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour-400-2000201520202025Year to mid-2012: 159 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 49 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: -40 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: -28 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: -26 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: -207 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: -341 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: -193 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: -406 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: -283 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 29 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: -225 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 40 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: -29 people · published 29 July 2026

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ONS. Earlier years come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, joined where the modern series has no figure; overlapping periods are never double-counted. Latest: -29 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Population by local authority

In Preston, population by local authority rose from 140,054 in Mid-2011 to 162,864 in Mid-2024, a change of 22,810 or 16.3% (ONS).

Population by local authority: Mid-2011 to Mid-2024CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservative050k100k150k20152020Mid-2011: 140,054 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2012: 140,216 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2013: 140,302 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2014: 140,158 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2015: 140,615 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2016: 140,468 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2017: 141,734 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2018: 142,417 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2019: 144,624 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2020: 145,912 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2021: 147,786 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2022: 152,550 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2023: 158,317 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2024: 162,864 people · published 26 September 2025

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ONS. Latest: 162,864 (Mid-2024). The national series and its methodology.

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