Population in Lisburn and Castlereagh

Population in Lisburn and Castlereagh was 152,367 in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 0.5% from 2024.

2025, persons152,367

Change on 2024+0.5%

Series high152,3672025

Series low135,2802011

Next release: Thursday, 29 July 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Population in Lisburn and Castlereagh, 2011 to 2025

persons. Source: Office for National Statistics, Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1). Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2026-07-29.

All 15 values

Period	persons
2025	152,367
2024	151,669
2023	150,822
2022	149,915
2021	149,272
2020	148,102
2019	147,467
2018	145,644
2017	143,737
2016	142,088
2015	140,938
2014	139,186
2013	137,201
2012	136,498
2011	135,280

Compared with Northern Ireland

Place	2025
Lisburn and Castlereagh	152,367
Northern Ireland	1,928,446

Rankings

Definition

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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How to cite

Office for National Statistics. Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&time=2011,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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APA 7

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1) (Population, Lisburn and Castlereagh, 2011 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&time=2011,latest

MLA 9

Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1), Population, Lisburn and Castlereagh, 2011 to 2025. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 29 July 2026, https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&time=2011,latest. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/population/lisburn-and-castlereagh-uk. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1). Population, Lisburn and Castlereagh, 2011 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&time=2011,latest. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/population/lisburn-and-castlereagh-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1), Population, Lisburn and Castlereagh, 2011 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&time=2011,latest, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/population/lisburn-and-castlereagh-uk (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{office_population_lisburn_and_castlereagh_2025,
  author = {{Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)}},
  title = {{Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM\_2002\_1): Population, Lisburn and Castlereagh, 2011 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_2002_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&gender=0&c_age=200&measures=20100&time=2011,latest},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/population/lisburn-and-castlereagh-uk. Publisher attribution: Office for National Statistics. Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM\_2002\_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM\_2002\_1.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424\&gender=0\&c\_age=200\&measures=20100\&time=2011,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-11.},
}

RIS

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What is the population in Lisburn and Castlereagh?

Population in Lisburn and Castlereagh was 152,367 in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 0.5% from 2024.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age: all ages, both sexes, mid-year (ONS, Nomis NM_2002_1). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest population in Lisburn and Castlereagh?

152,367 in 2025, the highest value since 2011 in this series.

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