List of English districts by population

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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.

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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		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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• List of Welsh principal areas by population
• List of Northern Ireland districts by population
• List of Scottish districts by populationfr:Liste des districts anglais par population

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