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Different population data for 2001
The section on demography shows two different numbers for population in 2001 - one in the table to the right, a different one in the text and the table below. Which is right? Also the link to the table below does not work. --Cafe1819 (talk) 14:48, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

As far as I know they are both correct. The table at the bottom is the population of the town of Burnley, where as the one on the left is for the borough. As the new 2011 census data is currently being released, I'm not gonna do anything about it just yet. --Trappedinburnley (talk) 19:27, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Burnley is called Burnley
Burnley is called Burnley not Burnlee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.62.43.120 (talk) 15:51, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

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Burnley has a population of about 70,000
As someone has again tried to update the population figure, I thought it best to explain the issues in a little detail here rather than trying to fit it into an edit summary.

The Burnley local-government district covers the towns of Burnley and Padiham, the villages of Harle Syke, Hapton and Worsthorne, and a number of small settlements, farms and scattered dwellings in the rural areas that make up the remainder. Administratively this consists of the civil parishes of Padiham, Ightenhill, Habergham Eaves, Dunnockshaw, Hapton, Cliviger, Briercliffe, and Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood along with an unparished area covering the bulk of Burnley town. This unparished area is broadly similar to that of the pre-1974 county borough. Construction largely since WW2 has created a continuous urban area through much of the district (continuing north into neighbouring Pendle), with suburban housing estates and business parks extending into almost all of the parishes. Although we have figures for the borough and civil parishes, generating an accurate population for the town is therefore tricky.

The population figure of 73,021 that has been in the article for a long time, comes from the 2001 census, but is actually for a defined urban area of 1582 ha. Padiham is listed separately, pop. 11,091, area 205 ha. From that census, the unparished area population can be calculated as that of the borough minus those of the parishes, giving 0. As an aside, the size of the drop from the county borough (1911) high of 106,765 is indicative of the economic problems the local area as faced and hopefully now overcome.

As more detail is available from the 2011 census, the area can also be calculated. That of the borough minus those of the parishes is undefined ha. This however will be different from the 2001 figure as boundary changes occurred in 2004. Using the same method, the population was 0.

That census also provides data for a built-up area which includes the residential parts of Burnley, Padiham, Harle Syke and parts of the surrounding parishes (also small parts of Pendle district), but not greenspaces within the unparished area such as Towneley Park or the Crow Wood complex. Those figures give a similar area of 1894 ha and a population of 81,548. It seems likely that the 2001 figure did not include Padiham or Harle Syke (and neighbouring Haggate). As we don't have an area for the last bit, we can't be sure. Plugging the 2010 population density into the 2001 area gives a population of 68,184, a very specific number, but again not accurate enough.

As the borough's population actually fell by % *(from 89,542 to 87,059) between 2001 and 2011, it is obviously not correct that the town's population could have increased by % at the same time. Although the 2001 figures are probably the best to use, this issue will keep coming back. I plan to largely revert the recent edits soon (while correctly explaining the built-up area data), but does anyone have any ideas? TiB chat  15:03, 22 July 2018 (UTC)


 * 2021 census shows 8.8% increase in population of Burnley district to 94,700.
 * Burnley population change, Census 2021 – ONS 2A00:23C5:2A0:C401:90BE:9031:81F1:65EE (talk) 22:56, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding that. Since this is now verified, go ahead and add it. Augusthorsesdroppings10 (talk) 22:59, 26 October 2022 (UTC)