List of settlements in West Midlands (county) by population

Dudley

W'hampton

Walsall

Oldbury

Birmingham

Solihull

Coventry

Sutton Coldfield

W Brom'

S'bridge

Halesowen

North Luffenham

Greetham

Exton

Bourne

Mablethorpe

Grantham

Barton

Immingham

Holbeach

Horncastle

Br'bridge H

Brigg

Washingborough

Waltham

Ruskington

New W'ham

Long Sutton

Coningsby

Corby

Doncaster

Peterborough

Hull

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The 10 largest settlements of the county of the West Midlands, with district centres in yellow, cities in bold, and key towns shown in white.

This is a list of settlements in West Midlands by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 29 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in the West Midlands, shown in the table below.

Administrative boundaries

Table taken from the West Midlands County - Geography subsection:

	Metropolitan borough		Administrative centre	Included towns and areas
1	City of Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton	Bilston, Blakenhall, Bushbury, Oxley, Wednesfield
2	Dudley		Dudley	Brierley Hill, Cradley, Halesowen, Kingswinford, Lye, Netherton, Stourbridge, Quarry Bank
3	Walsall		Walsall	Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Pelsall, Pheasey, Shelfield, Willenhall
4	Sandwell		Oldbury	Bearwood, Rowley Regis, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Smethwick, Tipton, Tividale, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Yew Tree
5	City of Birmingham		Birmingham	Edgbaston, Great Barr, Hall Green, Handsworth, Northfield, Quinton, Soho, Sutton Coldfield
6	Solihull		Solihull	Balsall Common, Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Dorridge, Elmdon, Hampton-in-Arden, Kingshurst, Knowle, Marston Green, Meriden, Monkspath, Hockley Heath
7	City of Coventry		Coventry	Allesley, Binley, Keresley, Stoke, Tile Hill

Population ranking

Table has been taken from the West Midlands Conurbation article and missing county areas added (#2 & 28)

Rank	Settlement	Population (2011)	Notes on significant changes since 2001
1	Birmingham	1,085,810	Gained Quinton from Oldbury-Smethwick USD. Gained Minworth from Sutton Coldfield USD.
2	Coventry	325,949	Excludes Binley Wood and Bedworth
3	Wolverhampton	210,319	Bilston and Wednesfield removed from 2001. The three BUASDs combined total 265,178. Essington removed and placed within Willenhall BUASD.
4	Solihull	123,187	Gained Shelly Green and Knowle-Bentley Heath from 2001.
5	Sutton Coldfield	109,015
6	Dudley	79,379	Coseley, Kingswinford, Brierley Hill and Sedgley removed from 2011. The five BUASDs combined total 215,693. Gained Cradley Heath and Quarry Bank from Oldbury-Smethwick USD.
7	West Bromwich	72,945	Wednesbury and Tipton removed from 2001. Town split in two by Sandwell Valley and the two parts are now considered separately. The four BUASDs combined total 153,366. Gained Yew Tree from 2001.
8	Walsall	67,594	Willenhall, Darlaston and Bloxwich removed from 2001. The four BUASDs combined total 185,114.
9	Stourbridge	63,298	Gained Hagley from 2001.
10	Halesowen	58,135
11	Willenhall	51,429	New in 2011. Previously part of Walsall USD, but also gained Essington from Wolverhampton USD.
12	Kingswinford	50,801	New in 2011. Previously part of Dudley USD.
13	Smethwick	48,765	New in 2011. Previously part of Oldbury-Smethwick USD.
14	Bloxwich	47,288	New in 2011. Previously part of Walsall USD.
15	Tipton	42,407	New in 2011. Previously part of West Bromwich USD.
16	Aldridge	39,463	Gained Rushall, Shelfield and Pelsall from 2001.
17	Rowley Regis	34,260	New in 2011. Previously part of Oldbury-Smethwick USD.
18	Brierley Hill	31,430	New in 2011. Previously part of Dudley USD.
19	Sedgley	30,979	New in 2011. Previously part of Dudley USD.
20	Bilston	29,556	New in 2011. Previously part of Wolverhampton USD.
21	Wednesfield	25,303	New in 2011. Previously part of Wolverhampton USD
22	Oldbury	23,964	New in 2011. Previously part of Oldbury-Smethwick USD.
23	Coseley	23,104	New in 2011. Previously part of Dudley USD.
24	Brownhills	20,373
25	Wednesbury	19,029	New in 2011. Previously part of West Bromwich USD.
26	West Bromwich East	18,985	New in 2011. Previously part of West Bromwich USD.
27	Darlaston	18,803	New in 2011. Previously part of Walsall USD.
28	Balsall Common	7,039
29	Blackheath	6,518	New in 2011. Previously part of Oldbury-Smethwick USD.

See also

• West Midlands (county)
• West Midlands conurbation