List of English districts by population

This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. The figures are mid-year estimates for 2004 from the Office for National Statistics[1].

Usage note: The areas listed are extremely varied in character, from distinct towns and cities, to slices of suburbia, to rural districts. This is not a list of largest cities in England. The primary usage of the word city in British English is based on urban areas, rather than local authority boundaries as is the case in American English. The inappropriateness of interpreting this as a list of largest cities is illustrated for example by the fact that London is not at the top of it, and that while one of the candidates for the status of the UK's second city, namely Birmingham does come top, another leading candidate, Manchester, is in sixth, as it has a more narrowly drawn local authority boundary. The reason for London not being at the top of the list is that Greater London's boroughs are listed, not Greater London or metropolitan London as a whole.

See also: List of English cities 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

Contents 1 Over 300,000 2 250,000 to 300,000 3 200,000 to 250,000 4 150,000 to 200,000 5 125,000 to 150,000 6 100,000 to 125,000 7 75,000 to 100,000 8 50,000 to 75,000 9 Below 50,000 10 See also

Over 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
1	Birmingham	992,400	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
2	Leeds	719,600	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
3	Sheffield	516,100	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
4	Bradford	481,100	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
5	Liverpool	444,500	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
6	Manchester	437,000	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
7	Bristol	393,900	Unitary, City (1542)	Bristol
8	Kirklees	393,200	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
9	Croydon	340,200	London borough	Greater London
10	Barnet	326,700	London borough	Greater London
11	East Riding of Yorkshire	324,800	Unitary, District	East Riding of Yorkshire
12	Wakefield	319,800	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
13	Wirral	313,100	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
14	Wigan	305,400	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
15	Dudley	304,500	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
16	Coventry	304,200	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
17	Ealing	303,200	London borough	Greater London

250,000 to 300,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
18	Bromley	299,100	London borough	Greater London
19	Doncaster	289,000	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
20	Sandwell	285,800	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
21	Leicester	285,100	Unitary, City (1919)	Leicestershire
22	Sunderland	282,700	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
23	Stockport	282,200	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
24	Sefton	281,800	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
25	Enfield	280,000	London borough	Greater London
26	Wandsworth	276,500	London borough	Greater London
27	Nottingham	275,100	Unitary, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
28	Newcastle upon Tyne	269,500	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
29	Lambeth	268,100	London borough	Greater London
30	Brent	267,700	London borough	Greater London
31	Bolton	264,800	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
32	Southwark	254,700	London borough	Greater London
33	Walsall	252,800	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
34	Rotherham	252,300	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
35	Brighton & Hove	251,900	Unitary, City (2000)	East Sussex
36	Medway	251,100	Unitary, Borough	Kent

200,000 to 250,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
37	Hillingdon	248,700	London borough	Greater London
38	Kingston Upon Hull	248,500	Unitary, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
39	Newham	247,700	London borough	Greater London
40	South Gloucestershire	247,500	Unitary, District	Gloucestershire
41	Redbridge	247,300	London borough	Greater London
42	Lewisham	247,000	London borough	Greater London
43	Plymouth	244,400	Unitary, City (1928)	Devon
44	Wolverhampton	239,100	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
45	Stoke-on-Trent	238,000	Unitary, City (1925)	Staffordshire
46	Derby	233,700	Unitary, City (1977)	Derbyshire
47	Westminster	230,000	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
48	Greenwich	225,700	London borough	Greater London
49	Havering	225,000	London borough	Greater London
50	Haringey	224,300	London borough	Greater London
51	Waltham Forest	221,800	London borough	Greater London
52	Southampton	221,200	Unitary, City (1964)	Hampshire
53	Barnsley	221,000	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
54	Bexley	219,500	London borough	Greater London
55	Oldham	218,300	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
56	Camden	217,100	London borough	Greater London
57	Milton Keynes	216,700	Unitary, Borough	Buckinghamshire
58	Salford	216,400	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
59	Tameside	213,700	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
60	Trafford	212,700	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
61	Hounslow	212,300	London borough	Greater London
62	Harrow	211,900	London borough	Greater London
63	Tower Hamlets	209,300	London borough	Greater London
64	Hackney	207,000	London borough	Greater London
65	Rochdale	206,500	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
66	Solihull	200,400	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands

150,000 to 200,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
67	Northampton	194,800	Borough	Northamptonshire
68	Calderdale	194,300	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
69	Warrington	193,700	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
70	North Somerset	193,000	Unitary, District	Somerset
71	Merton	192,300	London borough	Greater London
72	Gateshead	191,300	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
73	North Tyneside	190,700	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
74	Portsmouth	188,500	Unitary, City (1926)	Hampshire
75	Stockton-on-Tees	186,200	Unitary, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
76	York	184,900	Unitary, City	North Yorkshire
77	Kensington and Chelsea	184,100	London borough	Greater London
78	Luton	184,000	Unitary, Borough	Bedfordshire
79	Richmond upon Thames	182,700	London borough	Greater London
80	Swindon	182,200	Unitary, Borough	Wiltshire
81	Bury	182,100	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
82	Islington	179,900	London borough	Greater London
83	Herefordshire	177,800	Unitary, District	Herefordshire
84	Sutton	177,600	London borough	Greater London
85	Hammersmith and Fulham	176,800	London borough	Greater London
86	St Helens	176,700	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
87	Bath and North East Somerset	172,200	Unitary, District	Somerset
88	New Forest	171,500	District	Hampshire
89	Aylesbury Vale	167,200	District	Buckinghamshire
90	Basildon	166,500	District	Essex
91	Barking and Dagenham	164,600	London borough	Greater London
92	Bournemouth	163,500	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
93	Huntingdonshire	161,700	District	Cambridgeshire
94	Telford and Wrekin	161,000	Unitary, Borough	Shropshire
95	Colchester	160,700	Borough	Essex
96	Chelmsford	159,800	Borough	Essex
97	Southend-on-Sea	159,600	Unitary, Borough	Essex
98	Wycombe	159,600	District	Buckinghamshire
99	Peterborough	159,100	Unitary, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
100	North East Lincolnshire	157,700	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
101	Charnwood	157,500	Borough	Leicestershire
102	North Lincolnshire	156,500	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
103	Basingstoke and Deane	155,400	Borough	Hampshire
104	South Somerset	155,100	District	Somerset
105	Harrogate	154,000	District	North Yorkshire
106	Wokingham	152,200	Unitary, District	Berkshire
107	Kingston upon Thames	151,800	London borough	Greater London
108	South Tyneside	151,500	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
109	Bedford	151,000	Borough	Bedfordshire
110	Macclesfield	150,400	Borough	Cheshire

125,000 to 150,000

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

100,000 to 125,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
153	Horsham	124,800	District	West Sussex
154	Vale Royal	124,500	Borough	Cheshire
155	Teignbridge	123,900	District	Devon
156	West Wiltshire	123,500	District	Wiltshire
157	Newcastle-under-Lyme	123,000	Borough	Staffordshire
158	Stafford	122,500	District	Staffordshire
159	Epping Forest (district)	121,300	District	Essex
160	Broadland	120,500	District	Norfolk
161	Nuneaton and Bedworth	120,300	Borough	Warwickshire
162	North Hertfordshire	119,900	District	Hertfordshire
163	Chester	119,000	City	Cheshire
164	Halton	118,900	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
165	Cambridge	118,500	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
166	Amber Valley	118,200	Borough	Derbyshire
167	Suffolk Coastal	118,100	District	Suffolk
168	Slough	117,600	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
169	Ipswich	117,400	Borough	Suffolk
170	Stratford-on-Avon	116,700	District	Warwickshire
171	Waverley	116,300	Borough	Surrey
172	Vale of White Horse	116,200	District	Oxfordshire
173	Salisbury	116,100	District	Wiltshire
174	Eastleigh	116,000	Borough	Hampshire
175	Wychavon	115,900	District	Worcestershire
176	Havant	115,700	Borough	Hampshire
177	Exeter	115,200	City	Devon
178	South Norfolk	114,300	District	Norfolk
179	Waveney	114,300	District	Suffolk
180	South Bedfordshire	114,200	District	Bedfordshire
181	Crewe and Nantwich	113,400	Borough	Cheshire
182	Ashfield	113,400	District	Nottinghamshire
183	Test Valley	111,800	Borough	Hampshire
184	Gedling	111,300	Borough	Nottinghamshire
185	Winchester	111,000	City	Hampshire
186	Cheltenham	110,900	Borough	Gloucestershire
187	Tonbridge and Malling	110,900	Borough	Kent
188	Gloucester	110,800	City	Gloucestershire
189	East Hampshire	110,700	District	Hampshire
190	Bracknell Forest	110,300	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
191	Sevenoaks	110,300	District	Kent
192	Bassetlaw	110,300	District	Nottinghamshire
193	Newark and Sherwood	110,100	District	Nottinghamshire
194	Erewash	110,000	Borough	Derbyshire
195	Stroud	109,500	District	Gloucestershire
196	Wyre	109,300	Borough	Lancashire
197	West Lancashire	109,200	District	Lancashire
198	Sedgemoor	109,100	District	Somerset
199	Chichester	108,800	District	West Sussex
200	Fareham	108,700	Borough	Hampshire
201	Broxtowe	108,700	Borough	Nottinghamshire
202	Ashford	107,700	Borough	Kent
203	Scarborough	107,100	Borough	North Yorkshire
204	Rushcliffe	107,100	Borough	Nottinghamshire
205	Mendip	106,700	District	Somerset
206	Dover	106,100	District	Kent
207	East Staffordshire	106,100	Borough	Staffordshire
208	Taunton Deane	106,000	Borough	Somerset
209	Tunbridge Wells	105,600	Borough	Kent
210	South Ribble	105,500	Borough	Lancashire
211	South Staffordshire	105,300	District	Staffordshire
212	Carlisle	103,500	City	Cumbria
213	Chorley	103,000	Borough	Lancashire
214	South Lakeland	102,900	District	Cumbria
215	Hinckley and Bosworth	102,200	Borough	Leicestershire
216	North Kesteven	100,500	District	Lincolnshire
217	St Edmundsbury	100,500	Borough	Suffolk

75,000 to 100,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
218	Restormel	99,900	Borough	Cornwall
219	North Norfolk	99,800	District	Norfolk
220	Chesterfield	99,700	Borough	Derbyshire
221	Shepway	99,000	District	Kent
222	Mansfield	98,700	District	Nottinghamshire
223	Crawley	98,700	Borough	West Sussex
224	Darlington	98,600	Unitary, Borough	Durham
225	Welwyn Hatfield	98,500	District	Hertfordshire
226	Wyre Forest	98,100	District	Worcestershire
227	Worthing	98,000	Borough	West Sussex
228	North East Derbyshire	97,400	District	Derbyshire
229	West Oxfordshire	97,000	District	Oxfordshire
230	Shrewsbury and Atcham	95,800	Borough	Shropshire
231	Kerrier	95,600	District	Cornwall
232	Allerdale	95,300	Borough	Cumbria
233	West Dorset	95,300	District	Dorset
234	Gravesham	94,900	Borough	Kent
235	Lichfield	94,600	District	Staffordshire
236	Staffordshire Moorlands	94,300	District	Staffordshire
237	Worcester	93,600	City (1189)	Worcestershire
238	Lewes	93,300	District	East Sussex
239	Hertsmere	93,300	Borough	Hertfordshire
240	Easington	92,900	District	Durham
241	Cannock Chase	92,800	District	Staffordshire
242	Great Yarmouth	92,400	Borough	Norfolk
243	Eastbourne	92,100	Borough	East Sussex
244	Congleton	91,800	Borough	Cheshire
245	Blaby	91,600	District	Leicestershire
246	Durham	90,700	City	Durham
247	Bromsgrove	90,700	District	Worcestershire
248	High Peak	90,600	Borough	Derbyshire
249	Rugby	90,200	Borough	Warwickshire
250	Hartlepool	90,100	Unitary, Borough	Durham
251	Carrick	90,100	District	Cornwall
252	North Devon	89,900	District	Devon
253	Woking	89,600	Borough	Surrey
254	Pendle	89,300	Borough	Lancashire
255	Chiltern	89,100	District	Buckinghamshire
256	Rushmoor	88,800	Borough	Hampshire
257	Mid Suffolk	88,600	District	Suffolk
258	Spelthorne	88,400	Borough	Surrey
259	North West Leicestershire	88,300	District	Leicestershire
260	Burnley	88,100	Borough	Lancashire
261	Sedgefield	87,800	Borough	Durham
262	Castle Point	86,800	Borough	Essex
263	Fenland	86,700	District	Cambridgeshire
264	Hart	86,700	District	Hampshire
265	Dartford	86,600	Borough	Kent
266	South Derbyshire	86,500	District	Derbyshire
267	Lincoln	86,500	City	Lincolnshire
268	Broxbourne	86,100	Borough	Hertfordshire
269	Derwentside	86,000	District	Durham
270	Rother	85,800	District	East Sussex
271	East Dorset	85,400	District	Dorset
272	Kettering	85,300	Borough	Northamptonshire
273	Hambleton	85,100	District	North Yorkshire
274	Babergh	84,800	District	Suffolk
275	Hastings	84,600	Borough	East Sussex
276	South Northamptonshire	84,100	District	Northamptonshire
277	Three Rivers	84,000	District	Hertfordshire
278	West Lindsey	84,000	District	Lincolnshire
279	North Cornwall	83,600	District	Cornwall
280	Cotswold	82,700	District	Gloucestershire
281	South Hams	82,400	District	Devon
282	Caradon	81,900	District	Cornwall
283	Hyndburn	81,600	Borough	Lancashire
284	Blyth Valley	81,400	Borough	Northumberland
285	Surrey Heath	81,100	Borough	Surrey
286	Ellesmere Port and Neston	80,900	Borough	Cheshire
287	Mole Valley	80,900	District	Surrey
288	Forest of Dean	80,700	District	Gloucestershire
289	South Holland	80,700	District	Lincolnshire
290	East Northamptonshire	80,700	District	Northamptonshire
291	Harborough	79,900	District	Leicestershire
292	Watford	79,300	Borough	Hertfordshire
293	Tandridge	79,300	District	Surrey
294	Redditch	79,300	Borough	Worcestershire
295	Rochford	79,100	District	Essex
296	Stevenage	79,000	Borough	Hertfordshire
297	Runnymede	78,500	Borough	Surrey
298	Tewkesbury	78,200	Borough	Gloucestershire
299	Harlow	77,500	District	Essex
300	Selby	77,200	District	North Yorkshire
301	Gosport	77,000	Borough	Hampshire
302	East Cambridgeshire	76,900	District	Cambridgeshire
303	Kennet	76,700	District	Wiltshire
304	Fylde	75,800	Borough	Lancashire
305	Daventry	75,400	District	Northamptonshire

50,000 to 75,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
306	Malvern Hills	74,400	District	Worcestershire
307	Tamworth	73,900	Borough	Staffordshire
308	Bolsover	73,300	District	Derbyshire
309	Wellingborough	73,300	Borough	Northamptonshire
310	Mid Devon	72,400	District	Devon
311	Copeland	70,600	Borough	Cumbria
312	Barrow-in-Furness	70,500	Borough	Cumbria
313	Uttlesford	70,400	District	Essex
314	Brentwood	70,200	Borough	Essex
315	Derbyshire Dales	69,900	District	Derbyshire
316	Epsom and Ewell	68,000	Borough	Surrey
317	Rossendale	65,900	Borough	Lancashire
318	North Dorset	64,700	District	Dorset
319	Weymouth and Portland	64,400	Borough	Dorset
320	Penwith	64,200	District	Cornwall
321	South Bucks	62,700	District	Buckinghamshire
322	North Warwickshire	62,000	Borough	Warwickshire
323	Torridge	61,900	District	Devon
324	Wear Valley	61,600	District	Durham
325	Wansbeck	61,600	District	Northumberland
326	Maldon	60,300	District	Essex
327	Forest Heath	60,100	District	Suffolk
328	Tynedale	59,800	District	Northumberland
329	Adur	59,300	District	West Sussex
330	North Shropshire	58,700	District	Shropshire
331	Boston	57,900	Borough	Lincolnshire
332	Ribble Valley	56,600	Borough	Lancashire
333	Oadby and Wigston	56,100	Borough	Leicestershire
334	Craven	54,100	District	North Yorkshire
335	Chester-le-Street	53,200	District	Durham
336	Corby	53,200	Borough	Northamptonshire
337	Bridgnorth	52,900	District	Shropshire
338	Eden	52,000	District	Cumbria
339	Ryedale	51,700	District	North Yorkshire
340	Richmondshire	50,700	District	North Yorkshire
341	West Devon	50,200	Borough	Devon

Below 50,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
342	Castle Morpeth	49,800	Borough	Northumberland
343	Melton	48,300	Borough	Leicestershire
344	Christchurch	45,100	Borough	Dorset
345	Purbeck	45,100	District	Dorset
346	South Shropshire	42,000	District	Shropshire
347	Oswestry	38,600	Borough	Shropshire
348	Rutland	36,500	Unitary, District	Rutland
349	West Somerset	35,600	District	Somerset
350	Alnwick	31,900	District	Northumberland
351	Berwick-upon-Tweed	26,300	Borough	Northumberland
352	Teesdale	24,800	District	Durham
353	City of London	8,600	Unitary, City	Greater London
354	Isles of Scilly	2,200	Unitary	Cornwall

See also

• List of Welsh principal areas by population
• List of Northern Ireland districts by population
• List of Scottish districts by population