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Revision as of 10:46, 3 December 2007

The figures are mid-year estimates for 2006 from the Office for National Statistics [1].

See also: List of towns and cities in England by population - List of English counties by population - List of ceremonial counties of England by population - List of English districts by area - List of English districts by ethnic diversity - List of English districts by population density

All listed below are non-metropolitan districts except for the London boroughs, metropolitan boroughs, the Isle of Wight and those that are labelled as sui generis.

Over 300,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
1 Birmingham 1,006,500 Metropolitan borough, City (1889) West Midlands
2 Leeds 750,200 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) West Yorkshire
3 Sheffield 525,800 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) South Yorkshire
4 Bradford 493,100 Metropolitan borough, City (1897) West Yorkshire
5 Manchester 452,000 Metropolitan borough, City (1853) Greater Manchester
6 Liverpool 436,100 Metropolitan borough, City (1880) Merseyside
7 Bristol 410,500 Unitary Authority, City (1542) Bristol
8 Kirklees 398,200 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire
9 Croydon 337,000 London borough Greater London
10 East Riding of Yorkshire 330,900 Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire
11 Barnet 328,600 London borough Greater London
12 Wakefield 321,200 Metropolitan borough, City (1888) West Yorkshire
13 Wirral 311,200 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
14 Coventry 306,600 Metropolitan borough, City (1345) West Midlands
15 Ealing 306,400 London borough Greater London
16 Wigan 305,500 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
17 Dudley 305,300 Metropolitan borough West Midlands

250,000 to 300,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
18 Bromley 299,100 London borough Greater London
19 Doncaster 290,300 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
20 Leicester 289,700 Unitary Authority, City (1919) Leicestershire
21 Sandwell 287,600 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
22 Nottingham 286,400 Unitary Authority, City (1897) Nottinghamshire
23 Enfield 285,300 London borough Greater London
24 Stockport 280,600 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
25 Sunderland 280,600 Metropolitan borough, City (1992) Tyne and Wear
26 Wandsworth 279,000 London borough Greater London
27 Sefton 277,400 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
28 Lambeth 272,000 London borough Greater London
29 Brent 271,400 London borough Greater London
30 Newcastle upon Tyne 270,500 Metropolitan borough, City (1882) Tyne and Wear
31 Southwark 269,200 London borough Greater London
32 Bolton 262,400 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
33 Hull 256,200 Unitary Authority, City (1299) East Riding of Yorkshire
34 Lewisham 255,700 London borough Greater London
35 Walsall 254,500 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
36 South Gloucestershire 254,400 Unitary Authority Gloucestershire
37 Rotherham 253,300 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
38 Redbridge 251,900 London borough Greater London
39 Medway 251,700 Unitary Authority, Borough Kent
40 Brighton & Hove 251,400 Unitary Authority, City (2000) East Sussex
41 Hillingdon 250,000 London borough Greater London

200,000 to 250,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
42 Newham 248,400 London borough Greater London
43 Plymouth 248,100 Unitary Authority, City (1928) Devon
44 Stoke-on-Trent 239,700 Unitary Authority, City (1925) Staffordshire
45 Wolverhampton 236,600 Metropolitan borough, City (2000) West Midlands
46 Derby 236,300 Unitary Authority, City (1977) Derbyshire
47 Westminster 231,900 London borough, City (1540) Greater London
48 Southampton 228,600 Unitary Authority, City (1964) Hampshire
49 Camden 227,500 London borough Greater London
50 Havering 227,300 London borough Greater London
51 Haringey 225,700 London borough Greater London
52 Milton Keynes 224,800 Unitary Authority, Borough Buckinghamshire
53 Barnsley 223,500 Metropolitan borough South Yorkshire
54 Greenwich 222,600 London borough Greater London
55 Waltham Forest 221,700 London borough Greater London
56 Bexley 221,600 London borough Greater London
57 Oldham 219,600 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
58 Hounslow 218,600 London borough Greater London
59 Salford 218,000 Metropolitan borough, City (1926) Greater Manchester
60 Harrow 214,600 London borough Greater London
61 Tameside 214,400 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
62 Tower Hamlets 212,800 London borough Greater London
63 Trafford 211,800 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
64 Hackney 208,400 London borough Greater London
65 Rochdale 206,500 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
66 Solihull 203,000 Metropolitan borough West Midlands
67 North Somerset 201,400 Unitary Authority Somerset
68 Northampton 200,100 Borough Northamptonshire

150,000 to 200,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
69 Calderdale 198,500 Metropolitan borough West Yorkshire
70 Merton 197,700 London borough Greater London
71 Portsmouth 196,400 Unitary Authority, City (1926) Hampshire
72 North Tyneside 195,000 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
73 Warrington 194,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
74 York 191,800 Unitary Authority, City (TI) North Yorkshire
75 Gateshead 190,500 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
76 Stockton-on-Tees 189,100 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham and North Yorkshire
77 Luton 186,800 Unitary Authority, Borough Bedfordshire
78 Swindon 186,600 Unitary Authority, Borough Wiltshire
79 Islington 185,500 London borough Greater London
80 Sutton 184,400 London borough Greater London
81 Bury 182,900 Metropolitan borough Greater Manchester
82 Richmond upon Thames 179,500 London borough Greater London
83 Kensington and Chelsea 178,000 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
84 Herefordshire 177,800 Unitary Authority Herefordshire
85 St Helens 177,600 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
86 Bath and North East Somerset 175,600 Unitary Authority Somerset
87 New Forest 173,700 Hampshire
88 Aylesbury Vale 172,000 Buckinghamshire
89 Hammersmith and Fulham 171,400 London borough Greater London
90 Colchester 170,800 Borough Essex
91 Basildon 168,600 Essex
92 Huntingdonshire 166,600 Cambridgeshire
93 Barking and Dagenham 165,700 London borough Greater London
94 Peterborough 163,300 Unitary Authority, City (1541) Cambridgeshire
95 Chelmsford 162,800 Borough Essex
96 Charnwood 162,400 Borough Leicestershire
97 Telford and Wrekin 161,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Shropshire
98 Wycombe 161,300 Buckinghamshire
99 Bournemouth 161,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Dorset
100 Southend-on-Sea 159,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex
101 North Lincolnshire 159,000 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
102 North East Lincolnshire 158,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Lincolnshire
103 Basingstoke and Deane 158,700 Borough Hampshire
104 Harrogate 157,800 North Yorkshire
105 South Somerset 156,700 Somerset
106 Kingston upon Thames 155,900 London borough, Royal Borough Greater London
107 Bedford 154,700 Borough Bedfordshire
108 Wokingham 153,800 Unitary Authority Berkshire
109 Knowsley 151,300 Metropolitan borough Merseyside
110 South Tyneside 151,000 Metropolitan borough Tyne and Wear
111 Macclesfield 150,600 Borough Cheshire

125,000 to 150,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
112 Oxford 149,100 City (1542) Oxfordshire
113 Thurrock 148,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Essex
114 West Berkshire 148,800 Unitary Authority Berkshire
115 Canterbury 146,200 City (TI) Kent
116 Arun 145,700 West Sussex
117 Tendring 144,600 Essex
118 Wealden 143,700 East Sussex
119 Lancaster 143,000 City (1937) Lancashire
120 Maidstone 142,800 Borough Kent
121 Reading 142,800 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
122 Blackpool 142,700 Unitary Authority, Borough Lancashire
123 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 142,300 Borough Norfolk
124 Blackburn with Darwen 141,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Lancashire
125 Braintree 139,700 Essex
126 Redcar and Cleveland 139,500 Unitary Authority, Borough North Yorkshire
127 Windsor and Maidenhead 138,800 Unitary Authority, Royal Borough Berkshire
128 East Lindsey 138,500 Lincolnshire
129 Isle of Wight 138,500 Unitary Authority, County Isle of Wight
130 Dacorum 138,400 Borough Hertfordshire
131 Middlesbrough 138,400 Unitary Authority, Borough North Yorkshire
132 Cherwell 137,400 Oxfordshire
133 Poole 136,900 Unitary Authority, Borough Dorset
134 South Cambridgeshire 135,400 Cambridgeshire
135 Torbay 133,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Devon
136 Guildford 133,100 Borough Surrey
137 Warwick 132,900 Warwickshire
138 East Hertfordshire 132,600 Hertfordshire
139 Mid Bedfordshire 132,200 Bedfordshire
140 Preston 132,000 City (2002) Lancashire
141 St Albans 131,300 City (1877) Hertfordshire
142 East Devon 131,100 Devon
143 North Wiltshire 130,400 Wiltshire
144 South Kesteven 130,100 Lincolnshire
145 Reigate and Banstead 129,800 Borough Surrey
146 Elmbridge 129,500 Borough Surrey
147 Norwich 129,500 City (1195) Norfolk
148 Mid Sussex 129,100 West Sussex
149 Thanet 128,600 Kent
150 Swale 128,500 Borough Kent
151 Breckland 128,300 Norfolk
152 Horsham 128,300 West Sussex
153 South Oxfordshire 128,100 Oxfordshire
154 Vale Royal 126,000 Borough Cheshire
155 Teignbridge 125,500 Devon

100,000 to 125,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
156 West Wiltshire 124,800 Wiltshire
157 Newcastle-under-Lyme 123,800 Borough Staffordshire
158 Stafford 123,400 Staffordshire
159 Epping Forest (district) 122,900 Essex
160 Broadland 122,200 Norfolk
161 Suffolk Coastal 122,200 Suffolk
162 North Hertfordshire 121,500 Hertfordshire
163 Nuneaton and Bedworth 120,700 Borough Warwickshire
164 Ipswich 120,400 Borough Suffolk
165 Amber Valley 120,000 Borough Derbyshire
166 Chester 119,700 City (1541) Cheshire
167 Exeter 119,600 City (TI) Devon
168 Halton 119,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Cheshire
169 Slough 119,500 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
170 Eastleigh 119,000 Borough Hampshire
171 Cambridge 117,900 City (1951) Cambridgeshire
172 Vale of White Horse 117,100 Oxfordshire
173 South Bedfordshire 117,000 Bedfordshire
174 Havant 116,800 Borough Hampshire
175 Waveney 116,800 Suffolk
176 Waverley 116,800 Borough Surrey
177 Wychavon 116,300 Worcestershire
178 South Norfolk 116,200 Norfolk
179 Stratford-on-Avon 116,100 Warwickshire
180 Crewe and Nantwich 115,800 Borough Cheshire
181 Ashfield 115,700 Nottinghamshire
182 Salisbury 115,300 City Wiltshire
183 Tonbridge and Malling 113,900 Borough Kent
184 Sevenoaks 113,700 Kent
185 Test Valley 113,600 Borough Hampshire
186 Gloucester 113,200 City (1541) Gloucestershire
187 Bracknell Forest 112,200 Unitary Authority, Borough Berkshire
188 Gedling 111,700 Borough Nottinghamshire
189 Newark and Sherwood 111,700 Nottinghamshire
190 Cheltenham 111,500 Borough Gloucestershire
191 Bassetlaw 111,400 Nottinghamshire
192 Ashford 111,200 Borough Kent
193 Sedgemoor 111,000 Somerset
194 Broxtowe 110,400 Borough Nottinghamshire
195 Erewash 110,400 Borough Derbyshire
196 Wyre 110,400 Borough Lancashire
197 Stroud 110,300 Gloucestershire
198 East Hampshire 110,100 Hampshire
199 Winchester 110,000 City (TI) Hampshire
200 West Lancashire 109,800 Lancashire
201 Chichester 108,900 West Sussex
202 Fareham 108,400 Borough Hampshire
203 Mendip 108,300 Somerset
204 Scarborough 108,300 Borough North Yorkshire
205 Rushcliffe 108,200 Borough Nottinghamshire
206 East Staffordshire 107,700 Borough Staffordshire
207 Taunton Deane 107,400 Borough Somerset
208 Dover 106,400 Kent
209 South Ribble 106,400 Borough Lancashire
210 South Staffordshire 106,200 Staffordshire
211 Welwyn Hatfield 105,500 Hertfordshire
212 South Lakeland 104,800 Cumbria
213 Tunbridge Wells 104,600 Borough Kent
214 Hinckley and Bosworth 103,800 Borough Leicestershire
215 Chorley 103,700 Borough Lancashire
216 Carlisle 103,300 City (TI) Cumbria
217 North Kesteven 103,200 Lincolnshire
218 Restormel 101,900 Borough Cornwall
219 St Edmundsbury 101,900 Borough Suffolk
220 North Norfolk 100,600 Norfolk
221 Chesterfield 100,500 Borough Derbyshire
222 West Oxfordshire 100,200 Oxfordshire

75,000 to 100,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
223 Crawley 99,900 Borough West Sussex
224 Mansfield 99,900 Nottinghamshire
225 Shepway 99,600 Kent
226 Darlington 99,300 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham
227 Worthing 98,700 Borough West Sussex
228 Wyre Forest 98,200 Worcestershire
229 Kerrier 98,000 Cornwall
230 North East Derbyshire 97,700 Derbyshire
231 Gravesham 97,400 Borough Kent
232 Lichfield 96,700 Staffordshire
233 West Dorset 96,200 Dorset
234 Hertsmere 96,000 Borough Hertfordshire
235 Shrewsbury and Atcham 95,900 Borough Shropshire
236 Staffordshire Moorlands 95,300 Staffordshire
237 Eastbourne 94,900 Borough East Sussex
238 Allerdale 94,300 Borough Cumbria
239 Cannock Chase 94,300 Staffordshire
240 Easington 94,000 Durham
241 Lewes 93,900 East Sussex
242 Great Yarmouth 93,400 Borough Norfolk
243 Worcester 93,400 City (1189) Worcestershire
244 Blaby 92,500 Leicestershire
245 Congleton 92,400 Borough Cheshire
246 Durham 92,200 City (TI) Durham
247 High Peak 92,000 Borough Derbyshire
248 Mid Suffolk 92,000 Suffolk
249 Bromsgrove 91,600 Worcestershire
250 North Devon 91,500 Devon
251 Carrick 91,300 Cornwall
252 Hartlepool 91,100 Unitary Authority, Borough Durham
253 Woking 90,700 Borough Surrey
254 Spelthorne 90,500 Borough Surrey
255 Chiltern 90,300 Buckinghamshire
256 Rugby 90,200 Borough Warwickshire
257 Fenland 90,100 Cambridgeshire
258 Pendle 90,100 Borough Lancashire
259 Dartford 89,900 Borough Kent
260 South Derbyshire 89,800 Derbyshire
261 North West Leicestershire 89,600 Leicestershire
262 Broxbourne 88,900 Borough Hertfordshire
263 Hart 88,800 Hampshire
264 South Northamptonshire 88,800 Northamptonshire
265 Rushmoor 88,700 Borough Hampshire
266 Castle Point 88,600 Borough Essex
267 Burnley 88,000 Borough Lancashire
268 Kettering 87,900 Borough Northamptonshire
269 Sedgefield 87,700 Borough Durham
270 Lincoln 87,600 City (TI) Lincolnshire
271 Rother 87,600 East Sussex
272 Babergh 86,700 Suffolk
273 Derwentside 86,500 Durham
274 West Lindsey 86,500 Lincolnshire
275 Hambleton 86,300 North Yorkshire
276 Hastings 86,100 Borough East Sussex
277 Three Rivers 85,500 Hertfordshire
278 North Cornwall 85,300 Cornwall
279 East Dorset 85,000 Dorset
280 East Northamptonshire 84,000 Northamptonshire
281 Caradon 83,300 Cornwall
282 Cotswold 83,200 Gloucestershire
283 South Hams 83,200 Devon
284 Surrey Heath 82,400 Borough Surrey
285 Hyndburn 82,200 Borough Lancashire
286 South Holland 82,100 Lincolnshire
287 Ellesmere Port and Neston 81,800 Borough Cheshire
288 Forest of Dean 81,700 Gloucestershire
289 Harborough 81,300 Leicestershire
290 Tandridge 81,300 Surrey
291 Blyth Valley 81,200 Borough Northumberland
292 Runnymede 81,200 Borough Surrey
293 Rochford 81,100 Essex
294 Mole Valley 80,500 Surrey
295 Selby 79,800 North Yorkshire
296 East Cambridgeshire 79,600 Cambridgeshire
297 Watford 79,600 Borough Hertfordshire
298 Redditch 79,500 Borough Worcestershire
299 Stevenage 79,300 Borough Hertfordshire
300 Tewkesbury 78,800 Borough Gloucestershire
301 Daventry 78,200 Northamptonshire
302 Gosport 78,200 Borough Hampshire
303 Kennet 78,200 Wiltshire
304 Harlow 78,100 Essex
305 Fylde 75,700 Borough Lancashire
306 Wellingborough 75,500 Borough Northamptonshire
307 Tamworth 75,400 Borough Staffordshire

50,000 to 75,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
308 Mid Devon 74,500 Devon
309 Bolsover 73,900 Derbyshire
310 Malvern Hills 73,900 Worcestershire
311 Barrow-in-Furness 71,800 Borough Cumbria
312 Uttlesford 71,400 Essex
313 Brentwood 70,900 Borough Essex
314 Copeland 70,300 Borough Cumbria
315 Derbyshire Dales 69,800 Derbyshire
316 Epsom and Ewell 69,600 Borough Surrey
317 North Dorset 66,700 Dorset
318 Rossendale 66,700 Borough Lancashire
319 Weymouth and Portland 64,900 Borough Dorset
320 Penwith 64,400 Cornwall
321 Torridge 64,200 Devon
322 South Bucks 63,700 Buckinghamshire
323 North Warwickshire 62,300 Borough Warwickshire
324 Wear Valley 62,300 Durham
325 Forest Heath 62,100 Suffolk
326 Maldon 61,700 Essex
327 Wansbeck 61,700 Northumberland
328 Adur 60,300 West Sussex
329 North Shropshire 59,500 Shropshire
330 Tynedale 59,500 Northumberland
331 Boston 58,300 Borough Lincolnshire
332 Ribble Valley 57,800 Borough Lancashire
333 Oadby and Wigston 56,500 Borough Leicestershire
334 Craven 55,500 North Yorkshire
335 Corby 54,800 Borough Northamptonshire
336 Chester-le-Street 53,200 Durham
337 Ryedale 52,900 North Yorkshire
338 Bridgnorth 51,800 Shropshire
339 Eden 51,700 Cumbria
340 West Devon 51,200 Borough Devon
341 Richmondshire 51,000 North Yorkshire

Below 50,000

Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
342 Castle Morpeth 49,500 Borough Northumberland
343 Melton 48,900 Borough Leicestershire
344 Purbeck 45,200 Dorset
345 Christchurch 45,000 Borough Dorset
346 South Shropshire 42,300 Shropshire
347 Oswestry 39,700 Borough Shropshire
348 Rutland 38,300 Unitary Authority Rutland
349 West Somerset 35,300 Somerset
350 Alnwick 32,000 Northumberland
351 Berwick-upon-Tweed 26,000 Borough Northumberland
352 Teesdale 24,800 Durham
353 City of London 7,800 Unitary Authority, City (TI), sui generis City of London
354 Isles of Scilly 2,100 Unitary Authority, sui generis Cornwall

See also