List of English districts by population density

This is a list of districts of England ordered by population density - midyear population estimates for 2010 from the Office for National Statistics.

More tham 10,000 / km²

Rank	District	Density (per km²)	Type of district	Ceremonial county
1	Kensington and Chelsea	13,981	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
2	Islington	13,065	London borough	Greater London
3	Tower Hamlets	12,027	London borough	Greater London
4	Westminster	11,779	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
5	Hackney	11,507	London borough	Greater London
6	Camden	10,803	London borough	Greater London
7	Lambeth	10,612	London borough	Greater London
8	Hammersmith and Fulham	10,349	London borough	Greater London

1,000 - 10,000 / km²

Rank	District	Density (per km²)	Type of district	Ceremonial county
9	Southwark	9,944	London borough	Greater London
10	Wandsworth	8,452	London borough	Greater London
11	Haringey	7,602	London borough	Greater London
12	Lewisham	7,582	London borough	Greater London
13	Newham	6,633	London borough	Greater London
14	Brent	5,935	London borough	Greater London
15	Waltham Forest	5,852	London borough	Greater London
16	Ealing	5,734	London borough	Greater London
17	Merton	5,550	London borough	Greater London
18	Portsmouth	5,132	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire
19	Barking and Dagenham	4,977	London borough	Greater London
20	Greenwich	4,827	London borough	Greater London
21	Southampton	4,809	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire
22	Redbridge	4,794	London borough	Greater London
23	Luton	4,586	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
24	Harrow	4,560	London borough	Greater London
25	Kingston upon Thames	4,536	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
26	Sutton	4,429	London borough	Greater London
27	Manchester	4,313	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
28	Hounslow	4,230	London borough	Greater London
29	Leicester	4,180	Unitary authority, City (1919)	Leicestershire
30	Nottingham	4,111	Unitary authority, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
31	City of London	4,029	City (TI), sui generis	City of London
32	Slough	4,028	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
33	Bristol	4,026	Unitary authority, City (1542)	Bristol
34	Blackpool	4,017	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
35	Watford	4,014	Borough	Hertfordshire
36	Barnet	4,014	London borough	Greater London
37	Croydon	3,995	London borough	Greater London
38	Liverpool	3,981	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
39	Southend-on-Sea	3,959	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
40	Birmingham	3,872	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
41	Reading	3,817	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
42	Bexley	3,764	London borough	Greater London
43	Hull	3,694	Unitary authority, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
44	Norwich	3,677	City (1195)	Norfolk
45	Enfield	3,648	London borough	Greater London
46	Bournemouth	3,640	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
47	Wolverhampton	3,448	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
48	Sandwell	3,422	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
49	Oxford	3,370	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
50	Richmond upon Thames	3,325	London borough	Greater London
51	Ipswich	3,255	Borough	Suffolk
52	Plymouth	3,243	Unitary authority, City (1928)	Devon
53	Coventry	3,200	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
54	Worthing	3,177	Borough	West Sussex
55	Derby	3,164	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire
56	Gosport	3,160	Borough	Hampshire
57	Stevenage	3,151	Borough	Hertfordshire
58	Dudley	3,138	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
59	Brighton & Hove	3,131	Unitary authority, City (2000)	East Sussex
60	Cambridge	3,089	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
61	Hastings	2,934	Borough	East Sussex
62	Gloucester	2,920	City (1541)	Gloucestershire
63	Worcester	2,849	City (1189)	Worcestershire
64	Harlow	2,675		Essex
65	Middlesbrough	2,643	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
66	Northampton	2,626	Borough	Northamptonshire
67	Newcastle upon Tyne	2,576	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
68	Stoke-on-Trent	2,569	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire
69	Exeter	2,542	City (TI)	Devon
70	Lincoln	2,513	City (TI)	Lincolnshire
71	Oadby and Wigston	2,487	Borough	Leicestershire
72	Cheltenham	2,473	Borough	Gloucestershire
73	Walsall	2,471	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
74	Tamworth	2,464	Borough	Staffordshire
75	North Tyneside	2,410	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
76	Crawley	2,393	Borough	West Sussex
77	South Tyneside	2,386	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
78	Rushmoor	2,356	Borough	Hampshire
79	Salford	2,356	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
80	Hillingdon	2,300	London borough	Greater London
81	Stockport	2,258	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
82	Eastbourne	2,197	Borough	East Sussex
83	Poole	2,195	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
84	Epsom and Ewell	2,180	Borough	Surrey
85	Torbay	2,135	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon
86	Havant	2,109	Borough	Hampshire
87	Tameside	2,103	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
88	Havering	2,101	London borough	Greater London
89	Spelthorne	2,083	Borough	Surrey
90	Bromley	2,081	London borough	Greater London
91	Sunderland	2,063	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
92	Trafford	2,049	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
93	Castle Point	1,984	Borough	Essex
94	Wirral	1,966	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
95	Bolton	1,906	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
96	Bury	1,847	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
97	Sefton	1,782	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
98	Broxbourne	1,761	Borough	Hertfordshire
99	Knowsley	1,724	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
100	Wigan	1,635	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
101	Basildon	1,592		Essex
102	Nuneaton and Bedworth	1,548	Borough	Warwickshire
103	Oldham	1,544	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
104	Eastleigh	1,534	Borough	Hampshire
105	Chesterfield	1,529	Borough	Derbyshire
106	Weymouth and Portland	1,520	Borough	Dorset
107	Fareham	1,510	Borough	Hampshire
108	Sheffield	1,510	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
109	Halton	1,508	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
110	Adur	1,473		West Sussex
111	Woking	1,470	Borough	Surrey
112	Redditch	1,451	Borough	Worcestershire
113	Leeds	1,448	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
114	Bradford	1,399	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
115	Broxtowe	1,396	Borough	Nottinghamshire
116	Elmbridge	1,388	Borough	Surrey
117	Gateshead	1,347	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
118	Medway	1,337	Unitary authority, Borough	Kent
119	St Helens	1,301	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
120	Dartford	1,300	Borough	Kent
121	Mansfield	1,299		Nottinghamshire
122	Rochdale	1,298	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
123	Thanet	1,279		Kent
124	Cannock Chase	1,201		Staffordshire
125	Solihull	1,156	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
126	Hyndburn	1,111	Borough	Lancashire
127	Warrington	1,101	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
128	Runnymede	1,101	Borough	Surrey
129	Reigate and Banstead	1,073	Borough	Surrey
130	Ashfield	1,068		Nottinghamshire
131	Bracknell Forest	1,065	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
132	Blackburn with Darwen	1,022	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
133	Erewash	1,015	Borough	Derbyshire
134	Gravesham	1,006	Borough	Kent
135	Kirklees	1,003	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
136	Three Rivers	1,001		Hertfordshire

100 - 1000 / km²

Rank	District	Density (per km²)	Type of district	Ceremonial county
137	Hertsmere	988	Borough	Hertfordshire
138	Thurrock	978	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
139	Hartlepool	973	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
140	Wakefield	962	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
141	South Ribble	959	Borough	Lancashire
142	Preston	949	City (2002)	Lancashire
143	Stockton-on-Tees	944	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
144	Gedling	943	Borough	Nottinghamshire
145	Christchurch	939	Borough	Dorset
146	Wokingham	912	Unitary authority	Berkshire
147	Barrow-in-Furness	907	Borough	Cumbria
148	Surrey Heath	889	Borough	Surrey
149	Rotherham	889	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
150	Welwyn Hatfield	883		Hertfordshire
151	Swindon	877	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire
152	St Albans	861	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
153	North East Lincolnshire	820	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
154	Milton Keynes	782	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire
155	Burnley	771	Borough	Lancashire
156	York	744	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire
157	Windsor and Maidenhead	743	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire
158	Blaby	720		Leicestershire
159	Corby	695	Borough	Northamptonshire
160	Barnsley	692	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
161	Arun	682		West Sussex
162	Dacorum	673	Borough	Hertfordshire
163	Charnwood	598	Borough	Leicestershire
164	Newcastle-under-Lyme	590	Borough	Staffordshire
165	North Somerset	568	Unitary authority	Somerset
166	Redcar and Cleveland	561	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
167	Telford and Wrekin	560	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire
168	Great Yarmouth	559	Borough	Norfolk
169	Calderdale	557	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
170	Colchester	550	Borough	Essex
171	South Gloucestershire	533	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire
172	Pendle	527	Borough	Lancashire
173	Bath and North East Somerset	520	Unitary authority	Somerset
174	Chorley	520	Borough	Lancashire
175	Doncaster	512	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
176	Darlington	510	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
177	Wycombe	508		Buckinghamshire
178	Guildford	506	Borough	Surrey
179	Peterborough	505	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
180	Wyre Forest	502		Worcestershire
181	Chelmsford	500	Borough	Essex
182	Canterbury	496	City (TI)	Kent
183	Tonbridge and Malling	495	Borough	Kent
184	Rochford	492		Essex
185	Warwick	491		Warwickshire
186	Brentwood	488	Borough	Essex
187	Rossendale	488	Borough	Lancashire
188	South Bucks	478		Buckinghamshire
189	Chiltern	465		Buckinghamshire
190	Bolsover	465		Derbyshire
191	Wellingborough	464	Borough	Northamptonshire
192	Fylde	462	Borough	Lancashire
193	Amber Valley	458	Borough	Derbyshire
194	Tendring	440		Essex
195	Bromsgrove	430		Worcestershire
196	Hart	424		Hampshire
197	Mid Sussex	397		West Sussex
198	Wyre	394	Borough	Lancashire
199	Kettering	388	Borough	Northamptonshire
200	Maidstone	381	Borough	Kent
201	Isle of Wight	370	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight
202	Epping Forest (district)	368		Essex
203	Swale	357	Borough	Kent
204	Cheshire West and Chester	357	Unitary authority	Cheshire
205	North East Derbyshire	357		Derbyshire
206	Central Bedfordshire	357	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire
207	Hinckley and Bosworth	353	Borough	Leicestershire
208	Waverley	349	Borough	Surrey
209	Dover	339		Kent
210	Bedford	338	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
211	North Hertfordshire	335		Hertfordshire
212	Tandridge	335		Surrey
213	Lewes	334		East Sussex
214	Mole Valley	327		Surrey
215	Tunbridge Wells	327	Borough	Kent
216	North West Leicestershire	325		Leicestershire
217	West Lancashire	318		Lancashire
218	Waveney	318		Suffolk
219	Cheshire East	312	Unitary authority	Cheshire
220	Sevenoaks	309		Kent
221	Lichfield	298		Staffordshire
222	East Hertfordshire	291		Hertfordshire
223	Shepway	284		Kent
224	East Staffordshire	283	Borough	Staffordshire
225	South Derbyshire	278		Derbyshire
226	Rushcliffe	276	Borough	Nottinghamshire
227	Rugby	268	Borough	Warwickshire
228	South Staffordshire	262		Staffordshire
229	Basingstoke and Deane	260	Borough	Hampshire
230	East Dorset	248		Dorset
231	Horsham	247		West Sussex
232	Lancaster	245	City (1937)	Lancashire
233	Stroud	242		Gloucestershire
234	Cherwell	238		Oxfordshire
235	Taunton Deane	237	Borough	Somerset
236	Braintree	235		Essex
237	New Forest	235		Hampshire
238	County Durham	229	Unitary authority	County Durham
239	Broadland	224		Norfolk
240	East Hampshire	219		Hampshire
241	West Berkshire	219	Unitary authority	Berkshire
242	North Warwickshire	218	Borough	Warwickshire
243	Stafford	211		Staffordshire
244	Vale of White Horse	207		Oxfordshire
245	Sedgemoor	200		Somerset
246	Ashford	199	Borough	Kent
247	Tewkesbury	197	Borough	Gloucestershire
248	Aylesbury Vale	193		Buckinghamshire
249	South Oxfordshire	193		Oxfordshire
250	North Lincolnshire	191	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
251	Teignbridge	189		Devon
252	Huntingdonshire	185		Cambridgeshire
253	Test Valley	181	Borough	Hampshire
254	Wychavon	176		Worcestershire
255	Rother	176		East Sussex
256	Maldon	176		Essex
257	Bassetlaw	175		Nottinghamshire
258	Newark and Sherwood	174		Nottinghamshire
259	Wealden	173		East Sussex
260	Winchester	173	City (TI)	Hampshire
261	High Peak	172	Borough	Derbyshire
262	Forest Heath	170		Suffolk
263	Fenland	168		Cambridgeshire
264	East Northamptonshire	167		Northamptonshire
265	Staffordshire Moorlands	166		Staffordshire
266	South Somerset	165		Somerset
267	East Devon	163		Devon
268	Boston	163	Borough	Lincolnshire
269	South Cambridgeshire	162		Cambridgeshire
270	St Edmundsbury	159	Borough	Suffolk
271	Forest of Dean	157		Gloucestershire
272	Cornwall	151	Unitary authority	Cornwall
273	Mendip	147		Somerset
274	West Oxfordshire	145		Oxfordshire
275	Chichester	144		West Sussex
276	Babergh	144		Suffolk
277	Harborough	142		Leicestershire
278	Wiltshire	141	Unitary authority	Wiltshire
279	East Riding of Yorkshire	141	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
280	South Kesteven	140		Lincolnshire
281	South Northamptonshire	140		Northamptonshire
282	Suffolk Coastal	139		Suffolk
283	Selby	138		North Yorkshire
284	South Norfolk	134		Norfolk
285	Scarborough	133	Borough	North Yorkshire
286	Malvern Hills	131		Worcestershire
287	East Cambridgeshire	130		Cambridgeshire
288	Isles of Scilly	128	'sui generis	Cornwall
289	Stratford-on-Avon	122		Warwickshire
290	Harrogate	121		North Yorkshire
291	Uttlesford	121		Essex
292	Daventry	119		Northamptonshire
293	North Kesteven	115		Lincolnshire
294	South Holland	114		Lincolnshire
295	Purbeck	112		Dorset
296	Mid Suffolk	109		Suffolk
297	North Norfolk	106		Norfolk
298	North Dorset	105		Dorset
299	Melton	103	Borough	Leicestershire
300	Rutland	101	Unitary authority	Rutland
301	Carlisle	101	City (TI)	Cumbria
302	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	101	Borough	Norfolk
303	Breckland	100		Norfolk

Less than 100 / km²

Rank	District	Density (per km²)	Type of district	Ceremonial county
304	Ribble Valley	99	Borough	Lancashire
305	Copeland	95	Borough	Cumbria
306	South Hams	94		Devon
307	Shropshire	92	Unitary authority	Shropshire
308	West Dorset	89		Dorset
309	Derbyshire Dales	89		Derbyshire
310	North Devon	84		Devon
311	Mid Devon	83		Devon
312	Herefordshire	82	Unitary authority	Herefordshire
313	East Lindsey	80		Lincolnshire
314	West Lindsey	77		Lincolnshire
315	Allerdale	76	Borough	Cumbria
316	Cotswold	72		Gloucestershire
317	South Lakeland	68		Cumbria
318	Torridge	67		Devon
319	Hambleton	67		North Yorkshire
320	Northumberland	62	Unitary authority	Northumberland
321	West Somerset	49		Somerset
322	Craven	47		North Yorkshire
323	West Devon	46	Borough	Devon
324	Richmondshire	40		North Yorkshire
325	Ryedale	36		North Yorkshire
326	Eden	24		Cumbria

See also

• List of English districts by population
• List of English districts by area
• List of English districts by ethnic diversity

References

• "Table 8a Mid-2010 Population Estimates: Selected age groups for local authorities in the United Kingdom; estimated resident population.". Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2010. Office for National Statistics. 3 June 2011. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-231847. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 
• "Standard Area Measurements - Local Authorities - Dec 2010 (SAM_LAD_DEC_2010_UK)". UK Standard Area Measurements (SAM). Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2010. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/other/uk-standard-area-measurements--sam-/index.html. Retrieved 1 October 2011.