list of english districts by population

This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. The populations are 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, using the unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants http://www.local.odpm.gov.uk/finance/0405/grant.htm. 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 the United Kingdom. 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 two candidates for the status of the UK's second city, namely Birmingham does come top, the other candidate, which is Manchester, is in sixth, as it has a more narrowly drawn local authority boundary. See also: 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

Over 300,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
\|Birmingham \|989,956 \|Metropolitan borough, City (1889) \|West Midlands
\|Leeds \|716,513 \|Metropolitan borough, City (1893) \|West Yorkshire
\|Sheffield \|512,242 \|Metropolitan borough, City (1893) \|South Yorkshire
\|Bradford \|473,374 \|Metropolitan borough, City (1897) \|West Yorkshire
\|Liverpool \|441,477 \|Metropolitan borough, City (1880) \|Merseyside
\|Manchester \|422,302 \|Metropolitan borough, City (1853) \|Greater Manchester
\|Kirklees \|389,486 \|Metropolitan borough \|West Yorkshire
\|Bristol \|400,000 \|Unitary, City (1542) \|Bristol
\|Croydon \|336,583 \|London borough \|Greater London
0	Barnet	320,384	London borough	Greater London
1	East Riding of Yorkshire	317,502	Unitary, District	East Riding of Yorkshire
2	Wakefield	316,415	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
3	Wirral	310,209	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
4	Ealing	308,419	London borough	Greater London
5	Dudley	304,830	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
6	Coventry	304,746	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
7	Wigan	301,639	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester

250,000 to 300,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
8	Bromley	296,830	London borough	Greater London
9	Doncaster	287,648	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
0	Sandwell	284,875	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
1	Leicester	283,578	Unitary, City (1919)	Leicestershire
2	Stockport	283,084	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
3	Enfield	281,775	London borough	Greater London
4	Sefton	281,742	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
5	Sunderland	278,958	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
6	Brent	272,448	London borough	Greater London
7	Lambeth	271,869	London borough	Greater London
8	Nottingham	270,005	Unitary, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
9	Wandsworth	269,290	London borough	Greater London
0	Bolton	261,546	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
1	Newcastle upon Tyne	260,268	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
2	Newham	254,041	London borough	Greater London
3	Lewisham	253,816	London borough	Greater London
4	Walsall	252,408	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
5	Southwark	251,307	London borough	Greater London
6	Medway	250,921	Unitary, Borough	Kent

200,000 to 250,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
7	Brighton and Hove	249,884	Unitary, City (2000)	East Sussex
8	Rotherham	249,466	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
9	Hillingdon	246,546	London borough	Greater London
0	South Gloucestershire	246,273	Unitary, District	Gloucestershire
1	Redbridge	244,016	London borough	Greater London
2	Hull	241,443	Unitary, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
3	Plymouth	240,467	Unitary, City (1928)	Devon
4	Wolverhampton	239,358	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
5	Stoke-on-Trent	238,576	Unitary, City (1925)	Staffordshire
6	Haringey	225,124	London borough	Greater London
7	Havering	224,211	London borough	Greater London
8	Derby	223,249	Unitary, City (1977)	Derbyshire
9	Waltham Forest	223,225	London borough	Greater London
0	Greenwich	221,431	London borough	Greater London
1	Southampton	221,193	Unitary, City (1964)	Hampshire
2	Bexley	218,762	London borough	Greater London
3	Oldham	218,578	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
4	Barnsley	217,932	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
5	Hounslow	216,644	London borough	Greater London
6	Salford	216,178	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
7	Tameside	212,819	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
8	Harrow	211,618	London borough	Greater London
9	Milton Keynes	210,426	Unitary, Borough	Buckinghamshire
0	Hackney	210,213	London borough	Greater London
1	Trafford	209,760	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
2	Camden	207,008	London borough	Greater London
3	Tower Hamlets	206,825	London borough	Greater London
4	Rochdale	206,218	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester

150,000 to 200,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
5	Solihull	199,595	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
6	Northampton	194,122	Borough	Northamptonshire
7	Calderdale	193,424	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
8	Merton	192,273	London borough	Greater London
9	Warrington	192,120	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
0	North Tyneside	191,255	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
1	Gateshead	190,694	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
2	Westminster	190,631	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
3	North Somerset	189,492	Unitary, District	Somerset
4	Portsmouth	188,501	Unitary, City (1926)	Hampshire
5	Luton	186,179	Unitary, Borough	Bedfordshire
6	York	182,362	Unitary, City	North Yorkshire
7	Bury	181,344	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
8	Islington	181,013	London borough	Greater London
9	Sutton	180,940	London borough	Greater London
0	Swindon	180,558	Unitary, Borough	Wiltshire
1	Stockton-on-Tees	179,668	Unitary, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
2	St Helens	176,720	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
3	Herefordshire	176,471	Unitary, District	Herefordshire
4	Richmond upon Thames	174,449	London borough	Greater London
5	Hammersmith and Fulham	173,324	London borough	Greater London
6	New Forest	170,256	District	Hampshire
7	Bath and North East Somerset	169,560	Unitary, District	Somerset
8	Barking and Dagenham	167,302	London borough	Greater London
9	Aylesbury Vale	166,659	District	Buckinghamshire
0	Basildon	166,397	District	Essex
1	Kensington and Chelsea	165,069	London borough	Greater London
2	Bournemouth	163,808	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
3	Wycombe	161,226	District	Buckinghamshire
4	Telford and Wrekin	160,576	Unitary, Borough	Shropshire
5	Southend-on-Sea	158,760	Unitary, Borough	Essex
6	North East Lincolnshire	157,989	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
7	Peterborough	157,962	Unitary, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
8	Huntingdonshire	157,899	District	Cambridgeshire
9	Chelmsford	157,527	Borough	Essex
00	Colchester	155,427	Borough	Essex
01	North Lincolnshire	153,737	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
02	Charnwood	153,383	Borough	Leicestershire
03	Basingstoke and Deane	153,032	Borough	Hampshire
04	South Tyneside	152,340	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
05	Wokingham	151,159	Unitary, District	Berkshire
06	South Somerset	151,093	District	Somerset
07	Knowsley	150,861	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
08	Harrogate	150,558	District	North Yorkshire
09	Kingston upon Thames	150,161	London borough	Greater London

125,000 to 150,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
10	Macclesfield	149,798	Borough	Cheshire
11	Bedford	149,204	Borough	Bedfordshire
12	Thurrock	145,235	Unitary, Borough	Essex
13	Reading	144,393	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
14	West Berkshire	143,965	Unitary, District	Berkshire
15	Blackpool	141,920	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
16	Arun	141,842	District	West Sussex
17	Tendring	139,995	District	Essex
18	Maidstone	139,461	Borough	Kent
19	Blackburn with Darwen	139,453	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
20	Redcar and Cleveland	139,381	Unitary, Borough	North Yorkshire
21	Wealden	139,263	District	East Sussex
22	Dacorum	138,053	Borough	Hertfordshire
23	Poole	137,938	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
24	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	137,409	Borough	Norfolk
25	Canterbury	135,775	City	Kent
26	Isle of Wight	134,876	Unitary, County	Isle of Wight
27	Oxford	134,605	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
28	Braintree	134,488	District	Essex
29	Middlesbrough	133,886	Unitary	North Yorkshire
30	Lancaster	133,556	City (1937)	Lancashire
31	Windsor and Maidenhead	133,220	Royal Borough	Berkshire
32	East Lindsey	132,571	District	Lincolnshire
33	South Cambridgeshire	131,014	District	Cambridgeshire
34	Cherwell	130,873	District	Oxfordshire
35	Torbay	130,854	Unitary, Borough	Devon
36	East Hertfordshire	130,094	District	Hertfordshire
37	Preston	129,991	City (2002)	Lancashire
38	Guildford	128,944	Borough	Surrey
39	St Albans	128,889	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
40	South Oxfordshire	128,489	District	Oxfordshire
41	Warwick	128,008	District	Warwickshire
42	Thanet	127,638	District	Kent
43	Mid Sussex	127,192	District	West Sussex
44	Reigate and Banstead	126,287	Borough	Surrey
45	North Wiltshire	126,146	District	Wiltshire
46	East Devon	126,069	District	Devon
47	Swale	125,621	Borough	Kent
48	South Kesteven	125,501	District	Lincolnshire

100,000 to 125,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
49	Elmbridge	124,285	Borough	Surrey
50	Vale Royal	123,332	Borough	Cheshire
51	Horsham	122,359	District	West Sussex
52	Breckland	122,153	District	Norfolk
53	Mid Bedfordshire	122,081	District	Bedfordshire
54	Newcastle-under-Lyme	122,075	Borough	Staffordshire
55	Teignbridge	121,830	District	Devon
56	Norwich	121,643	City (1195)	Norfolk
57	Epping Forest (district)	121,338	District	Essex
58	Slough	121,202	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
59	West Wiltshire	120,838	District	Wiltshire
60	Stafford	120,226	District	Staffordshire
61	Nuneaton and Bedworth	119,840	Borough	Warwickshire
62	Broadland	119,048	District	Norfolk
63	Chester	118,564	City	Cheshire
64	North Hertfordshire	118,292	District	Hertfordshire
65	Halton	118,156	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
66	Ipswich	117,298	Borough	Suffolk
67	Amber Valley	117,046	Borough	Derbyshire
68	Vale of White Horse	116,746	District	Oxfordshire
69	Havant	116,413	Borough	Hampshire
70	Eastleigh	116,006	Borough	Hampshire
71	Waverley	115,976	Borough	Surrey
72	Salisbury	115,060	District	Wiltshire
73	Suffolk Coastal	114,983	District	Suffolk
74	Ashfield	114,223	District	Nottinghamshire
75	Wychavon	113,898	District	Worcestershire
76	Waveney	113,370	District	Suffolk
77	South Bedfordshire	113,367	District	Bedfordshire
78	Stratford-on-Avon	113,109	District	Warwickshire
79	South Norfolk	112,117	District	Norfolk
80	Gedling	111,989	Borough	Nottinghamshire
81	Crewe and Nantwich	111,624	Borough	Cheshire
82	Exeter	111,110	City	Devon
83	Cambridge	110,656	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
84	Test Valley	110,624	Borough	Hampshire
85	Erewash	110,562	Borough	Derbyshire
86	Gloucester	110,538	City	Gloucestershire
87	Cheltenham	110,064	Borough	Gloucestershire
88	Bracknell Forest	109,627	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
89	East Hampshire	109,609	District	Hampshire
90	Fareham	108,972	Borough	Hampshire
91	Tonbridge and Malling	108,751	Borough	Kent
92	Sevenoaks	108,567	District	Kent
93	West Lancashire	108,562	District	Lancashire
94	Bassetlaw	108,479	District	Nottinghamshire
95	Stroud	108,292	District	Gloucestershire
96	Winchester	108,122	City	Hampshire
97	Broxtowe	107,693	Borough	Nottinghamshire
98	Sedgemoor	107,575	District	Somerset
99	Wyre	106,826	Borough	Lancashire
00	Chichester	106,703	District	West Sussex
01	Newark and Sherwood	106,695	District	Nottinghamshire
02	Scarborough	106,692	Borough	North Yorkshire
03	South Staffordshire	106,130	District	Staffordshire
04	Rushcliffe	106,051	Borough	Nottinghamshire
05	Mendip	105,161	District	Somerset
06	Ashford	104,756	Borough	Kent
07	Dover	104,688	District	Kent
08	South Ribble	104,541	Borough	Lancashire
09	East Staffordshire	104,318	Borough	Staffordshire
10	Taunton Deane	103,681	Borough	Somerset
11	Tunbridge Wells	103,665	Borough	Kent
12	South Lakeland	102,660	District	Cumbria
13	Chorley	101,320	Borough	Lancashire
14	Carlisle	101,128	City	Cumbria
15	Hinckley and Bosworth	100,788	Borough	Leicestershire

75,000 to 100,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
16	Crawley	99,787	Borough	West Sussex
17	Chesterfield	99,049	Borough	Derbyshire
18	North Norfolk	98,847	District	Norfolk
19	St Edmundsbury	98,459	Borough	Suffolk
20	Mansfield	98,025	District	Nottinghamshire
21	Darlington	97,888	Unitary, Borough	Durham
22	Restormel	97,767	Borough	Cornwall
23	Worthing	97,436	Borough	West Sussex
24	Wyre Forest	97,404	District	Worcestershire
25	Welwyn Hatfield	97,352	District	Hertfordshire
26	North East Derbyshire	97,047	District	Derbyshire
27	North Kesteven	96,852	District	Lincolnshire
28	Shepway	96,827	District	Kent
29	West Oxfordshire	96,744	District	Oxfordshire
30	Gravesham	96,142	Borough	Kent
31	Shrewsbury and Atcham	95,425	Borough	Shropshire
32	Staffordshire Moorlands	95,169	District	Staffordshire
33	West Dorset	94,007	District	Dorset
34	Kerrier	93,944	District	Cornwall
35	Easington	93,741	District	Durham
36	Allerdale	93,659	Borough	Cumbria
37	Hertsmere	93,443	Borough	Hertfordshire
38	Cannock Chase	93,274	District	Staffordshire
39	Worcester	93,204	City (1189)	Worcestershire
40	Lichfield	93,179	District	Staffordshire
41	Lewes	93,134	District	East Sussex
42	Blaby	91,594	District	Leicestershire
43	Great Yarmouth	91,549	Borough	Norfolk
44	Congleton	91,102	Borough	Cheshire
45	Rushmoor	90,772	Borough	Hampshire
46	Eastbourne	90,738	Borough	East Sussex
47	Pendle	90,238	Borough	Lancashire
48	High Peak	89,753	Borough	Derbyshire
49	Spelthorne	89,700	Borough	Surrey
50	Woking	89,431	Borough	Surrey
51	Bromsgrove	89,353	District	Worcestershire
52	Burnley	88,975	Borough	Lancashire
53	Carrick	88,911	District	Cornwall
54	Rugby	88,783	Borough	Warwickshire
55	Chiltern	88,474	District	Buckinghamshire
56	North Devon	88,331	District	Devon
57	Hartlepool	88,237	Unitary, Borough	Durham
58	Durham	87,656	City	Durham
59	Mid Suffolk	87,647	District	Suffolk
60	Broxbourne	87,469	Borough	Hertfordshire
61	Castle Point	87,186	Borough	Essex
62	Sedgefield	86,834	Borough	Durham
63	North West Leicestershire	86,576	District	Leicestershire
64	Dartford	86,440	Borough	Kent
65	Lincoln	85,947	City	Lincolnshire
66	Hastings	85,786	Borough	East Sussex
67	Rother	85,337	District	East Sussex
68	Derwentside	85,133	District	Durham
69	Hambleton	84,895	District	North Yorkshire
70	Babergh	84,669	District	Suffolk
71	East Dorset	84,614	District	Dorset
72	Fenland	84,335	District	Cambridgeshire
73	Hart	84,210	District	Hampshire
74	South Derbyshire	83,871	District	Derbyshire
75	Kettering	82,997	Borough	Northamptonshire
76	Three Rivers	82,532	District	Hertfordshire
77	South Hams	82,050	District	Devon
78	North Cornwall	81,889	District	Cornwall
79	Hyndburn	81,814	Borough	Lancashire
80	South Northamptonshire	81,697	District	Northamptonshire
81	Blyth Valley	81,611	Borough	Northumberland
82	Ellesmere Port and Neston	81,383	Borough	Cheshire
83	West Lindsey	81,161	District	Lincolnshire
84	Forest of Dean	80,591	District	Gloucestershire
85	Watford	80,361	Borough	Hertfordshire
86	Mole Valley	80,285	District	Surrey
87	Cotswold	80,171	District	Gloucestershire
88	Caradon	79,815	District	Cornwall
89	Surrey Heath	79,734	Borough	Surrey
90	Stevenage	79,659	Borough	Hertfordshire
91	Tandridge	79,574	District	Surrey
92	Rochford	79,265	District	Essex
93	Redditch	79,171	Borough	Worcestershire
94	South Holland	79,125	District	Lincolnshire
95	Runnymede	78,887	Borough	Surrey
96	Harlow	78,538	District	Essex
97	Harborough	78,308	District	Leicestershire
98	East Northamptonshire	78,271	District	Northamptonshire
99	Selby	77,984	District	North Yorkshire
00	Tewkesbury	77,321	Borough	Gloucestershire
01	Gosport	77,092	Borough	Hampshire

50,000 to 75,000

Rank>

b>District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
02	Tamworth	74,581	Borough	Staffordshire
03	East Cambridgeshire	74,419	District	Cambridgeshire
04	Kennet	74,305	District	Wiltshire
05	Fylde	74,032	Borough	Lancashire
06	Wellingborough	73,889	Borough	Northamptonshire
07	Daventry	73,521	District	Northamptonshire
08	Malvern Hills	72,867	District	Worcestershire
09	Bolsover	72,482	District	Derbyshire
10	Barrow-in-Furness	71,655	Borough	Cumbria
11	Mid Devon	70,687	District	Devon
12	Derbyshire Dales	69,443	District	Derbyshire
13	Uttlesford	69,256	District	Essex
14	Copeland	69,193	Borough	Cumbria
15	Brentwood	68,592	Borough	Essex
16	Epsom and Ewell	66,797	Borough	Surrey
17	Rossendale	65,818	Borough	Lancashire
18	Weymouth and Portland	64,246	Borough	Dorset
19	Penwith	63,924	District	Cornwall
20	North Warwickshire	62,940	Borough	Warwickshire
21	North Dorset	62,298	District	Dorset
22	South Bucks	61,751	District	Buckinghamshire
23	Wear Valley	61,156	District	Durham
24	Wansbeck	61,045	District	Northumberland
25	Adur	60,536	District	West Sussex
26	Maldon	60,399	District	Essex
27	Torridge	60,200	District	Devon
28	Tynedale	59,200	District	Northumberland
29	North Shropshire	58,117	District	Shropshire
30	Oadby and Wigston	56,717	Borough	Leicestershire
31	Boston	56,686	Borough	Lincolnshire
32	Forest Heath	55,505	District	Suffolk
33	Ribble Valley	54,866	Borough	Lancashire
34	Craven	53,864	District	North Yorkshire
35	Corby	53,741	Borough	Northamptonshire
36	Chester-le-Street	53,256	District	Durham
37	Bridgnorth	52,376	District	Shropshire
38	Ryedale	51,131	District	North Yorkshire
39	West Devon	50,689	Borough	Devon
40	Eden	50,218	District	Cumbria

Below 50,000

b>Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
41	Castle Morpeth	49,043	Borough	Northumberland
42	Melton	48,125	Borough	Leicestershire
43	Richmondshire	47,846	District	North Yorkshire
44	Christchurch	45,316	Borough	Dorset
45	Purbeck	44,100	District	Dorset
46	South Shropshire	41,257	District	Shropshire
47	Oswestry	38,029	Borough	Shropshire
48	West Somerset	35,914	District	Somerset
49	Rutland	34,680	Unitary, District	Rutland
50	Alnwick	31,355	District	Northumberland
51	Berwick-upon-Tweed	26,132	Borough	Northumberland
52	Teesdale	24,537	District	Durham
53	City of London	7,807	Unitary, City	Greater London
54	Isles of Scilly	2,162	Unitary	Cornwall