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Population in Lewes

Every population series published for Lewes, 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 Lewes, net internal migration by local authority fell from 1,210 in Year to mid-2012 to 838 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 372 or 30.7% (ONS).

Net internal migration by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,210 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 1,216 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 770 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 651 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 925 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 920 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 694 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 976 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 516 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 548 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 704 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 917 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 1,007 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 838 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: 838 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

International migration into a local authority

In Lewes, international migration into a local authority rose from 371 in Year to mid-2012 to 469 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 98 or 26.4% (ONS).

International migration into a local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200400600201520202025Year to mid-2012: 371 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 372 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 411 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 370 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 437 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 402 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 449 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 379 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 316 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 293 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 594 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 766 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 581 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 469 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: 469 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

International migration out of a local authority

In Lewes, international migration out of a local authority rose from 396 in Year to mid-2012 to 500 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 104 or 26.3% (ONS).

International migration out of a local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200400201520202025Year to mid-2012: 396 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 343 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 407 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 402 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 417 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 415 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 410 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 461 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 427 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 358 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 329 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 286 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 269 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 500 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: 500 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Net international migration by local authority

In Lewes, net international migration by local authority fell from -25 in Year to mid-2012 to -31 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 6 or 24.0% (ONS).

Net international migration by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0200400201520202025Year to mid-2012: -25 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 29 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 4 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: -32 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 20 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: -13 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 39 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: -82 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: -111 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: -65 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 265 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 480 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 312 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: -31 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: -31 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Births by local authority

In Lewes, births by local authority fell from 1,011 in Year to mid-2012 to 759 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 252 or 24.9% (ONS).

Births by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 1,011 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 931 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 867 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 931 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 864 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 895 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 911 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 816 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 810 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 752 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 769 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 743 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 747 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 759 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: 759 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Deaths by local authority

In Lewes, deaths by local authority rose from 996 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,218 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 222 or 22.3% (ONS).

Deaths by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k201520202025Year to mid-2012: 996 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: 1,120 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: 1,013 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: 1,075 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: 1,102 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: 1,113 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: 1,169 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: 1,134 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: 1,316 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: 1,188 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 1,227 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 1,264 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: 1,258 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: 1,218 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: 1,218 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Births minus deaths by local authority

In Lewes, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 15 in Year to mid-2012 to -459 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 474 or 3160.0% (ONS).

Births minus deaths by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour-400-2000201520202025Year to mid-2012: 15 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: -189 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: -146 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: -144 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: -238 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: -218 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: -258 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: -318 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: -506 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: -436 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: -458 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: -521 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: -511 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: -459 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: -459 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Other population change by local authority

In Lewes, other population change by local authority rose from -252 in Year to mid-2012 to -23 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 229 or 90.9% (ONS).

Other population change by local authority: Year to mid-2012 to Year to mid-2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour-2000201520202025Year to mid-2012: -252 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2013: -373 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2014: -236 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2015: -365 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2016: -362 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2017: -317 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2018: -320 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2019: -352 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2020: -269 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2021: -324 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2022: 16 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2023: 36 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2024: -50 people · published 26 September 2025Year to mid-2025: -23 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: -23 (Year to mid-2025). The national series and its methodology.

Population by local authority

In Lewes, population by local authority rose from 97,584 in Mid-2011 to 102,363 in Mid-2024, a change of 4,779 or 4.9% (ONS).

Population by local authority: Mid-2011 to Mid-2024CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservative050k100k20152020Mid-2011: 97,584 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2012: 98,532 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2013: 99,215 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2014: 99,607 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2015: 99,717 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2016: 100,062 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2017: 100,434 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2018: 100,589 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2019: 100,813 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2020: 100,443 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2021: 100,166 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2022: 100,693 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2023: 101,605 people · published 26 September 2025Mid-2024: 102,363 people · published 26 September 2025

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ONS. Latest: 102,363 (Mid-2024). The national series and its methodology.

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