List of English districts by population

List of the 326 districts of England (English Municipalities) by population, reported in June 2016 as the 2015 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics.^[1]

The list consists of the non-metropolitan districts (201), the London boroughs (32), metropolitan boroughs (36), unitary authorities (55) and those that are labelled as sui generis (2).

Map of England's districts by population

More than 500,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region
1	Birmingham	1,111,307	Metropolitan borough, City 1889	West Midlands	West Midlands
2	Leeds	774,060	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
3	Sheffield	569,737	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
4	Cornwall	549,404	Unitary authority	Cornwall	South West
5	Bradford	531,176	Metropolitan borough, City 1897	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
6	Manchester	530,292	Metropolitan borough, City 1853	Greater Manchester	North West
7	Co. Durham	519,695	Unitary authority	County Durham	North East

400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region
8	Wiltshire	486,093	Unitary authority	Wiltshire	South West
9	Liverpool	478,580	Metropolitan borough, City 1880	Merseyside	North West
10	Bristol	449,328	Unitary authority, City 1542	Bristol	South West
11	Kirklees	434,321	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region
12	Barnet	379,691	London borough	Greater London	London
13	Croydon	379,031	London borough	Greater London	London
14	Cheshire East	375,392	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
15	Coventry	345,385	Metropolitan borough, City 1345	West Midlands	West Midlands
16	Ealing	343,059	London borough	Greater London	London
17	Leicester	342,627	Unitary authority, City 1919	Leicestershire	East Midlands
18	East Riding of Yorkshire	336,685	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
19	Cheshire West and Chester	333,917	Unitary authority	Cheshire	North West
20	Wakefield	333,759	Metropolitan borough, City 1888	West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
21	Newham	332,817	London borough	Greater London	London
22	Enfield	328,433	London borough	Greater London	London
23	Bromley	324,857	London borough	Greater London	London
24	Lambeth	324,431	London borough	Greater London	London
25	Brent	324,012	London borough	Greater London	London
26	Wigan	322,022	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
27	Wirral	320,900	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
28	Sandwell	319,455	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
29	Nottingham	318,901	Unitary authority, City 1897	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
30	Dudley	316,464	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
31	Northumberland	315,263	Unitary authority	Northumberland	North East
32	Wandsworth	314,544	London borough	Greater London	London
33	Shropshire	311,380	Unitary authority	Shropshire	West Midlands
34	Southwark	308,901	London borough	Greater London	London
35	Doncaster	304,813	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

250,000 to 300,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	English Region
36	Hillingdon	297,735	London borough	Greater London	London
37	Lewisham	297,325	London borough	Greater London	London
38	Redbridge	296,793	London borough	Greater London	London
39	Tower Hamlets	295,236	London borough	Greater London	London
40	Newcastle upon Tyne	292,883	Metropolitan borough, City 1882	Tyne and Wear	North East
41	Stockport	288,733	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
42	Brighton & Hove	285,276	Unitary authority, City 2000	East Sussex	South East
43	Bolton	281,619	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	North West
44	Sunderland	277,150	Metropolitan borough, City 1992	Tyne and Wear	North East
45	Medway	276,492	Unitary authority	Kent	South East
46	Walsall	276,095	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	West Midlands
47	Greenwich	274,803	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	London
48	South Gloucestershire	274,661	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire	South West
49	Central Bedfordshire	274,022	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire	East of England
50	Sefton	273,707	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	North West
51	Haringey	272,864	London borough	Greater London	London
52	Waltham Forest	271,170	London borough	Greater London	London
53	Hackney	269,009	London borough	Greater London	London
54	Hounslow	268,770	London borough	Greater London	London
55	Plymouth	262,712	Unitary authority, City 1928	Devon	South West
56	Milton Keynes	261,762	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire	East of England
57	Rotherham	260,786	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
58	Hull	258,995	Unitary authority, City 1299	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
59	Wolverhampton	254,406	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands	West Midlands
60	Derby	254,251	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire	East Midlands
61	Stoke-on-Trent	251,648	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire	West Midlands

200,000 to 250,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
62	Southampton	249,537	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire
63	Havering	249,085	London borough	Greater London
64	Harrow	247,130	London borough	Greater London
65	Salford	245,614	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
66	Westminster	242,299	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
67	Bexley	242,142	London borough	Greater London
68	Camden	241,059	London borough	Greater London
69	Barnsley	239,319	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
70	Trafford	233,288	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
71	Oldham	230,823	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
72	Islington	227,692	London borough	Greater London
73	Northampton	222,462	Borough	Northamptonshire
74	Tameside	221,692	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
75	Swindon	217,160	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire
76	Luton	214,710	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
77	Rochdale	214,195	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
78	Portsmouth	211,758	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire
79	Solihull	210,445	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
80	North Somerset	209,944	Unitary authority	Somerset
81	Calderdale	208,402	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
82	Warrington	207,695	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
83	York	206,856	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire
84	Merton	204,565	London borough	Greater London
85	North Tyneside	202,494	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
86	Barking and Dagenham	201,979	London borough	Greater London
87	Gateshead	200,996	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
88	Sutton	200,145	London borough	Greater London

150,000 to 200,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
89	Stockton-on-Tees	194,803	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
90	Richmond upon Thames	194,730	London borough	Greater London
91	Bournemouth	194,516	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
92	Peterborough	193,980	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
93	Aylesbury Vale	188,707		Buckinghamshire
94	Herefordshire	188,099	Unitary authority	Herefordshire
95	Bury	187,884	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
96	Bath and North East Somerset	184,874	Unitary authority	Somerset
97	Colchester	183,939	Borough	Essex
98	Basildon	181,721	Borough	Essex
99	Hammersmith and Fulham	179,410	London borough	Greater London
100	New Forest	179,023		Hampshire
101	Southend-on-Sea	178,702	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
102	St Helens	177,612	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
103	Charnwood	176,720	Borough	Leicestershire
104	Wycombe	176,028		Buckinghamshire
105	Huntingdonshire	174,966		Cambridgeshire
106	Basingstoke and Deane	173,856	Borough	Hampshire
107	Kingston upon Thames	173,525	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
108	Chelmsford	172,638	City (2012)	Essex
109	Telford and Wrekin	171,159	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire
110	North Lincolnshire	169,820	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
111	Bedford	166,252	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
112	Thurrock	165,184	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
113	South Somerset	164,982		Somerset
114	Maidstone	164,499	Borough	Kent
115	Reading	161,739	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
116	Wokingham	160,409	Unitary authority	Berkshire
117	Canterbury	159,965	City (TI)	Kent
118	Oxford	159,574	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
119	North East Lincolnshire	159,570	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
120	Kensington and Chelsea	157,711	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
121	Harrogate	157,016	Borough	North Yorkshire
122	Wealden	156,501		East Sussex
123	West Berkshire	156,020	Unitary authority	Berkshire
124	Arun	155,732		West Sussex
125	South Cambridgeshire	154,888		Cambridgeshire
126	Dacorum	151,350	Borough	Hertfordshire
127	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	151,013	Borough	Norfolk
128	Poole	150,577	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
129	Braintree	150,360		Essex

125,000 to 150,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
130	South Tyneside	148,671	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
131	Windsor and Maidenhead	147,708	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire
132	Knowsley	147,231	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
133	Blackburn with Darwen	146,846	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
134	Guildford	146,080	Borough	Surrey
135	St Albans	145,797	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
136	Slough	145,734	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
137	Mid Sussex	145,651		West Sussex
138	Cherwell	145,550		Oxfordshire
139	East Hertfordshire	144,719		Hertfordshire
140	Reigate and Banstead	144,100	Borough	Surrey
141	Swale	142,417	Borough	Kent
142	Lancaster	142,283	City (1937)	Lancashire
143	Preston	141,302	City (2002)	Lancashire
144	Tendring	141,183		Essex
145	Warwick	139,931		Warwickshire
146	Thanet	139,772		Kent
147	Blackpool	139,578	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
148	Middlesbrough	139,509	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
149	Isle of Wight	139,395	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight
150	South Kesteven	138,909		Lincolnshire
151	Norwich	138,872	City (1195)	Norfolk
152	East Devon	138,141		Devon
153	East Lindsey	137,887		Lincolnshire
154	South Oxfordshire	137,412		Oxfordshire
155	Horsham	135,868		West Sussex
156	Ipswich	135,600	Borough	Suffolk
157	Breckland	135,480		Norfolk
158	Redcar and Cleveland	135,275	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
159	Torbay	133,373	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon
160	Elmbridge	132,670	Borough	Surrey
161	Stafford	132,488		Staffordshire
162	North Hertfordshire	131,696		Hertfordshire
163	South Norfolk	131,010		Norfolk
164	Cambridge	130,907	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
165	Epping Forest	129,677		Essex
166	Eastleigh	129,027	Borough	Hampshire
167	Teignbridge	128,826		Devon
168	Exeter	127,308	City (TI)	Devon
169	Gloucester	127,158	City (1541)	Gloucestershire
170	Newcastle-under-Lyme	127,045	Borough	Staffordshire
171	Vale of White Horse	126,663		Oxfordshire
172	Broadland	126,628		Norfolk
173	Halton	126,528	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
174	Nuneaton and Bedworth	126,319	Borough	Warwickshire
175	Tonbridge and Malling	125,713	Borough	Kent
176	Suffolk Coastal	125,052		Suffolk

100,000 to 125,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
177	Ashford	124,250	Borough	Kent
178	Amber Valley	124,069	Borough	Derbyshire
179	Ashfield	123,574		Nottinghamshire
180	Waverley	123,315	Borough	Surrey
181	Havant	122,927	Borough	Hampshire
182	Stratford-on-Avon	121,522		Warwickshire
183	Wychavon	121,520		Worcestershire
184	Test Valley	120,712	Borough	Hampshire
185	Winchester	120,696	City (TI)	Hampshire
186	Sedgemoor	120,260		Somerset
187	Welwyn Hatfield	119,016		Hertfordshire
188	Bracknell Forest	118,982	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
189	Newark and Sherwood	118,569		Nottinghamshire
190	Sevenoaks	118,409		Kent
191	East Hampshire	118,077		Hampshire
192	Chichester	116,976		West Sussex
193	Cheltenham	116,781	Borough	Gloucestershire
194	Stroud	116,627		Gloucestershire
195	Tunbridge Wells	116,241	Borough	Kent
196	Waveney	116,182		Suffolk
197	East Staffordshire	116,040	Borough	Staffordshire
198	Gedling	115,889	Borough	Nottinghamshire
199	Fareham	114,799	Borough	Hampshire
200	Bassetlaw	114,533		Nottinghamshire
201	Erewash	114,510	Borough	Derbyshire
202	Rushcliffe	114,474	Borough	Nottinghamshire
203	Taunton Deane	114,021	Borough	Somerset
204	Dover	113,228		Kent
205	Chorley	112,969	Borough	Lancashire
206	West Lancashire	112,742		Lancashire
207	St Edmundsbury	112,523	Borough	Suffolk
208	Broxtowe	112,253	Borough	Nottinghamshire
209	North Kesteven	111,876		Lincolnshire
210	Mendip	111,724		Somerset
211	Crawley	110,864	Borough	West Sussex
212	South Staffordshire	110,726		Staffordshire
213	Shepway	110,034		Kent
214	Wyre	109,745	Borough	Lancashire
215	South Ribble	109,651	Borough	Lancashire
216	Hinckley and Bosworth	108,769	Borough	Leicestershire
217	West Oxfordshire	108,611		Oxfordshire
218	Carlisle	108,155	City (TI)	Cumbria
219	Scarborough	107,902	Borough	North Yorkshire
220	Worthing	107,736	Borough	West Sussex
221	Mansfield	106,556		Nottinghamshire
222	Gravesham	106,299	Borough	Kent
223	Darlington	105,389	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
224	Chesterfield	104,407	Borough	Derbyshire
225	Dartford	103,892	Borough	Kent
226	South Lakeland	103,454		Cumbria
227	Rugby	103,443	Borough	Warwickshire
228	North Norfolk	103,308		Norfolk
229	Hertsmere	102,998	Borough	Hertfordshire
230	Lichfield	102,706		Staffordshire
231	Eastbourne	102,465	Borough	East Sussex
232	Worcester	101,328	City (1189)	Worcestershire
233	West Dorset	100,747		Dorset
234	Lewes	100,693		East Sussex

75,000 to 100,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
235	North East Derbyshire	99,639		Derbyshire
236	Mid Suffolk	99,632		Suffolk
237	Wyre Forest	99,503		Worcestershire
238	Woking	99,435	Borough	Surrey
239	South Derbyshire	99,319		Derbyshire
240	Fenland	99,171		Cambridgeshire
241	Great Yarmouth	98,667	Borough	Norfolk
242	Cannock Chase	98,535		Staffordshire
243	Spelthorne	98,469	Borough	Surrey
244	Staffordshire Moorlands	97,881		Staffordshire
245	Kettering	97,650	Borough	Northamptonshire
246	North West Leicestershire	97,247		Leicestershire
247	Lincoln	97,065	City (TI)	Lincolnshire
248	Allerdale	96,660	Borough	Cumbria
249	Blaby	96,544		Leicestershire
250	Watford	96,403	Borough	Hertfordshire
251	Broxbourne	96,217	Borough	Hertfordshire
252	Bromsgrove	95,768		Worcestershire
253	Rushmoor	95,342	Borough	Hampshire
254	Chiltern	94,545		Buckinghamshire
255	North Devon	94,172		Devon
256	Hart	93,912		Hampshire
257	Rother	92,908		East Sussex
258	West Lindsey	92,812		Lincolnshire
259	Hartlepool	92,493	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
260	Three Rivers	91,674		Hertfordshire
261	Hastings	91,497	Borough	East Sussex
262	High Peak	91,496	Borough	Derbyshire
263	South Holland	91,214		Lincolnshire
264	Pendle	90,111	Borough	Lancashire
265	Hambleton	90,035		North Yorkshire
266	East Northamptonshire	89,746		Northamptonshire
267	Harborough	89,284		Leicestershire
268	Babergh	89,215		Suffolk
269	Castle Point	89,173	Borough	Essex
270	South Northamptonshire	89,116		Northamptonshire
271	East Dorset	88,690		Dorset
272	Surrey Heath	88,067	Borough	Surrey
273	Burnley	87,371	Borough	Lancashire
274	East Cambridgeshire	87,306		Cambridgeshire
275	Tewkesbury	86,890	Borough	Gloucestershire
276	Stevenage	86,469	Borough	Hertfordshire
277	Mole Valley	86,104		Surrey
278	Tandridge	86,025		Surrey
279	Selby	85,961		North Yorkshire
280	Runnymede	85,594	Borough	Surrey
281	Harlow	85,397		Essex
282	Cotswold	85,162		Gloucestershire
283	Rochford	85,144		Essex
284	Uttlesford	85,119		Essex
285	Redditch	84,743	Borough	Worcestershire
286	Gosport	84,672	Borough	Hampshire
287	Forest of Dean	84,544		Gloucestershire
288	South Hams	84,470		Devon
289	Hyndburn	80,228	Borough	Lancashire
290	Daventry	80,014		Northamptonshire
291	Mid Devon	79,510		Devon
292	Epsom and Ewell	78,950	Borough	Surrey
293	Bolsover	77,780		Derbyshire
294	Fylde	77,322	Borough	Lancashire
295	Wellingborough	77,184	Borough	Northamptonshire
296	Tamworth	77,141	Borough	Staffordshire
297	Brentwood	76,057	Borough	Essex
298	Malvern Hills	75,731		Worcestershire

50,000 to 75,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
299	Derbyshire Dales	71,145		Derbyshire
300	North Dorset	70,713		Dorset
301	Copeland	69,647	Borough	Cumbria
302	Rossendale	69,487	Borough	Lancashire
303	South Bucks	69,120		Buckinghamshire
304	Barrow-in-Furness	67,515	Borough	Cumbria
305	Boston	66,902	Borough	Lincolnshire
306	Corby	66,854	Borough	Northamptonshire
307	Torridge	66,265		Devon
308	Weymouth and Portland	65,166	Borough	Dorset
309	Forest Heath	63,691		Suffolk
310	Adur	63,429		West Sussex
311	North Warwickshire	62,787	Borough	Warwickshire
312	Maldon	62,743		Essex
313	Ribble Valley	58,480	Borough	Lancashire
314	Oadby and Wigston	55,833	Borough	Leicestershire
315	Craven	55,801		North Yorkshire
316	West Devon	54,385	Borough	Devon
317	Ryedale	53,052		North Yorkshire
318	Eden	52,565		Cumbria
319	Richmondshire	52,510		North Yorkshire
320	Melton	50,912	Borough	Leicestershire

Below 50,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
321	Christchurch	49,057	Borough	Dorset
322	Purbeck	46,212		Dorset
323	Rutland	38,046	Unitary authority	Rutland
324	West Somerset	34,403		Somerset
325	City of London	8,760	City (TI), sui generis	City of London
326	Isles of Scilly	2,324	sui generis	Cornwall

References

↑ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2015". Office for National Statistics. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

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