North West · Unitary authority

Westmorland and Furness

2026/27 view

Westmorland and Furness · ONS E06000064

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population and community profile

Latest official statistics

Population 230,185 2024

North West region 7,737,414

Five-year population change

+4,023 residents ↑ 1.8%

Westmorland and Furness +1.8%

North West +5.1%

England +4.3%

Growth context

Westmorland and Furness's population grew over five years. Its change was 3.3 percentage points below the North West and 2.5 percentage points below England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates

Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile

AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

No annual PM2.5 estimate is currently available.

LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

Not enough annual data is available to show a trend.

CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR

No active UK-AIR monitoring station is currently mapped to this council.

HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

3.6% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution

2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional.