This is a list of districts of England ordered by population density - midyear population estimates for 2014 from the Office for National Statistics.The densities are calculated by dividing the latest Population Estimate[1] by the Standard Area Measurement.[2]
More than 10,000 / km²
Rank |
District |
Density
(per km²) |
Type of district |
Ceremonial county |
1 |
Islington |
14,735 |
London borough |
Greater London |
2 |
Tower Hamlets |
14,201 |
London borough |
Greater London |
3 |
Hackney |
13,850 |
London borough |
Greater London |
4 |
Kensington and Chelsea |
13,016 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London |
5 |
Lambeth |
11,786 |
London borough |
Greater London |
6 |
Hammersmith and Fulham |
11,148 |
London borough |
Greater London |
7 |
Westminster |
11,109 |
London borough, City (1540) |
Greater London |
8 |
Camden |
10,675 |
London borough |
Greater London |
9 |
Southwark |
10,432 |
London borough |
Greater London |
1,000 - 10,000 / km²
Rank |
District |
Density
(per km²) |
Type of district |
Ceremonial county |
10 |
Wandsworth |
9, |
London borough |
Greater London |
11 |
Newham |
9,009 |
London borough |
Greater London |
12 |
Haringey |
8,918 |
London borough |
Greater London |
13 |
Lewisham |
8,341 |
London borough |
Greater London |
14 |
Brent |
7,460 |
London borough |
Greater London |
15 |
Waltham Forest |
6,872 |
London borough |
Greater London |
16 |
Ealing |
6,109 |
London borough |
Greater London |
17 |
Greenwich |
5,717 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London |
18 |
Barking and Dagenham |
5,508 |
London borough |
Greater London |
19 |
Merton |
5,356 |
London borough |
Greater London |
20 |
Redbridge |
5,233 |
London borough |
Greater London |
21 |
Portsmouth |
5,227 |
Unitary authority, City (1926) |
Hampshire |
22 |
Harrow |
4,920 |
London borough |
Greater London |
23 |
Luton |
4,906 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Bedfordshire |
24 |
Southampton |
4,906 |
Unitary authority, City (1964) |
Hampshire |
25 |
Hounslow |
4,742 |
London borough |
Greater London |
26 |
Leicester |
4,625 |
Unitary authority, City (1919) |
Leicestershire |
27 |
Kingston upon Thames |
4,593 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London |
28 |
Watford |
4,548 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire |
29 |
Sutton |
4,503 |
London borough |
Greater London |
30 |
Manchester |
4,485 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1853) |
Greater Manchester |
31 |
Slough |
4,381 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire |
32 |
Croydon |
4,373 |
London borough |
Greater London |
33 |
Barnet |
4,309 |
London borough |
Greater London |
34 |
Southend-on-Sea |
4,236 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Essex |
35 |
Liverpool |
4,224 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1880) |
Merseyside |
36 |
Nottingham |
4,190 |
Unitary authority, City (1897) |
Nottinghamshire |
37 |
Bournemouth |
4,161 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Dorset |
38 |
Birmingham |
4,110 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1889) |
West Midlands |
39 |
Bristol |
4,022 |
Unitary authority, City (1542) |
Bristol |
40 |
Reading |
4,021 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire |
41 |
Blackpool |
4,014 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lancashire |
42 |
Enfield |
4,007 |
London borough |
Greater London |
43 |
Bexley |
3,932 |
London borough |
Greater London |
44 |
Sandwell |
3,683 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands |
45 |
Wolverhampton |
3,666 |
Metropolitan borough, City (2000) |
West Midlands |
46 |
Hull |
3,630 |
Unitary authority, City (1299) |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
47 |
Norwich |
3,525 |
City (1195) |
Norfolk |
48 |
Ipswich |
3,461 |
Borough |
Suffolk |
49 |
Oxford |
3,435 |
City (1542) |
Oxfordshire |
50 |
Coventry |
3,408 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1345) |
West Midlands |
51 |
Richmond upon Thames |
3,396 |
London borough |
Greater London |
52 |
Brighton & Hove |
3,386 |
Unitary authority, City (2000) |
East Sussex |
53 |
Gosport |
3,371 |
Borough |
Hampshire |
54 |
Worthing |
3,339 |
Borough |
West Sussex |
55 |
Stevenage |
3,308 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire |
56 |
Plymouth |
3,269 |
Unitary authority, City (1928) |
Devon |
57 |
Derby |
3,237 |
Unitary authority, City (1977) |
Derbyshire |
58 |
Dudley |
3,222 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands |
59 |
Cambridge |
3,135 |
City (1951) |
Cambridgeshire |
60 |
Gloucester |
3,065 |
City (1541) |
Gloucestershire |
61 |
Worcester |
3,056 |
City (1189) |
Worcestershire |
62 |
Hastings |
3,036 |
Borough |
East Sussex |
63 |
Harlow |
2,728 |
|
Essex |
64 |
Northampton |
2,710 |
Borough |
Northamptonshire |
65 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
2,699 |
Unitary authority, City (1925) |
Staffordshire |
66 |
City of London |
2,691 |
City (TI), sui generis |
City of London |
67 |
Lincoln |
2,672 |
City (TI) |
Lincolnshire |
68 |
Exeter |
2,645 |
City (TI) |
Devon |
69 |
Walsall |
2,636 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands |
70 |
Middlesbrough |
2,576 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
North Yorkshire |
71 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
2,565 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1882) |
Tyne and Wear |
72 |
Hillingdon |
2,523 |
London borough |
Greater London |
73 |
Salford |
2,495 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1926) |
Greater Manchester |
74 |
Tamworth |
2,487 |
Borough |
Staffordshire |
75 |
Cheltenham |
2,479 |
Borough |
Gloucestershire |
76 |
North Tyneside |
2,472 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear |
77 |
Rushmoor |
2,443 |
Borough |
Hampshire |
78 |
Crawley |
2,442 |
Borough |
West Sussex |
79 |
Oadby and Wigston |
2,330 |
Borough |
Leicestershire |
80 |
South Tyneside |
2,324 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear |
81 |
Poole |
2,309 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Dorset |
82 |
Eastbourne |
2,308 |
Borough |
East Sussex |
83 |
Epsom and Ewell |
2,303 |
Borough |
Surrey |
84 |
Stockport |
2,276 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
85 |
Havant |
2,222 |
Borough |
Hampshire |
86 |
Havering |
2,196 |
London borough |
Greater London |
87 |
Trafford |
2,193 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
88 |
Spelthorne |
2,180 |
Borough |
Surrey |
89 |
Tameside |
2,143 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
90 |
Bromley |
2,142 |
London borough |
Greater London |
91 |
Torbay |
2,111 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Devon |
92 |
Wirral |
2,044 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside |
93 |
Sunderland |
2,021 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1992) |
Tyne and Wear |
94 |
Bolton |
2,003 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
95 |
Castle Point |
1,976 |
Borough |
Essex |
96 |
Bury |
1,894 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
97 |
Broxbourne |
1,877 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire |
98 |
Sefton |
1,788 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside |
99 |
Wigan |
1,707 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
100 |
Knowsley |
1,702 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside |
101 |
Basildon |
1,641 |
|
Essex |
102 |
Oldham |
1,611 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
103 |
Eastleigh |
1,611 |
Borough |
Hampshire |
104 |
Halton |
1,599 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Cheshire |
105 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
1,597 |
Borough |
Warwickshire |
106 |
Chesterfield |
1,580 |
Borough |
Derbyshire |
107 |
Redditch |
1,564 |
Borough |
Worcestershire |
108 |
Woking |
1,554 |
Borough |
Surrey |
109 |
Weymouth and Portland |
1,547 |
Borough |
Dorset |
110 |
Fareham |
1,545 |
Borough |
Hampshire |
111 |
Sheffield |
1,532 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1893) |
South Yorkshire |
112 |
Adur |
1,504 |
|
West Sussex |
113 |
Bradford |
1,443 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1897) |
West Yorkshire |
114 |
Gateshead |
1,412 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear |
115 |
Medway |
1,412 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Kent |
116 |
Dartford |
1,400 |
Borough |
Kent |
117 |
Elmbridge |
1,398 |
Borough |
Surrey |
118 |
Broxtowe |
1,397 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire |
119 |
Leeds |
1,388 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1893) |
West Yorkshire |
120 |
Mansfield |
1,375 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
121 |
Rochdale |
1,348 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester |
122 |
Thanet |
1,344 |
|
Kent |
123 |
St Helens |
1,303 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside |
124 |
Cannock Chase |
1,247 |
|
Staffordshire |
125 |
Solihull |
1,179 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands |
126 |
Warrington |
1,140 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Cheshire |
127 |
Ashfield |
1,114 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
128 |
Reigate and Banstead |
1,109 |
Borough |
Surrey |
129 |
Hyndburn |
1,099 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
130 |
Runnymede |
1,084 |
Borough |
Surrey |
131 |
Bracknell Forest |
1,083 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire |
132 |
Blackburn with Darwen |
1,071 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lancashire |
133 |
Gravesham |
1,063 |
Borough |
Kent |
134 |
Kirklees |
1,054 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Yorkshire |
135 |
Erewash |
1,037 |
Borough |
Derbyshire |
136 |
Three Rivers |
1,016 |
|
Hertfordshire |
137 |
Hertsmere |
1,014 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire |
138 |
Thurrock |
1,002 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Essex |
100 - 1000 / km²
Rank |
District |
Density
(per km²) |
Type of district |
Ceremonial county |
139 |
Preston |
989 |
City (2002) |
Lancashire |
140 |
Hartlepool |
985 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham |
141 |
Wakefield |
978 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1888) |
West Yorkshire |
142 |
Christchurch |
978 |
Borough |
Dorset |
143 |
South Ribble |
965 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
144 |
Gedling |
964 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire |
145 |
Stockton-on-Tees |
952 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham and North Yorkshire |
146 |
Swindon |
938 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Wiltshire |
147 |
Surrey Heath |
921 |
Borough |
Surrey |
148 |
Rotherham |
906 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire |
149 |
St Albans |
900 |
City (1877) |
Hertfordshire |
150 |
Welwyn Hatfield |
892 |
|
Hertfordshire |
151 |
Wokingham |
889 |
Unitary authority |
Berkshire |
152 |
Barrow-in-Furness |
867 |
Borough |
Cumbria |
153 |
Milton Keynes |
839 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Buckinghamshire |
154 |
North East Lincolnshire |
832 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lincolnshire |
155 |
Corby |
818 |
Borough |
Northamptonshire |
156 |
Burnley |
786 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
157 |
York |
752 |
Unitary authority, City (TI) |
North Yorkshire |
158 |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
748 |
Unitary authority, Royal Borough |
Berkshire |
159 |
Blaby |
737 |
|
Leicestershire |
160 |
Barnsley |
723 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire |
161 |
Dacorum |
706 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire |
162 |
Arun |
699 |
|
West Sussex |
163 |
Charnwood |
622 |
Borough |
Leicestershire |
164 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
597 |
Borough |
Staffordshire |
165 |
Telford and Wrekin |
584 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Shropshire |
166 |
Calderdale |
570 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Yorkshire |
167 |
Great Yarmouth |
564 |
Borough |
Norfolk |
168 |
North Somerset |
557 |
Unitary authority |
Somerset |
169 |
Peterborough |
555 |
Unitary authority, City (1541) |
Cambridgeshire |
170 |
Redcar and Cleveland |
551 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
North Yorkshire |
171 |
Chorley |
550 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
172 |
Colchester |
548 |
Borough |
Essex |
173 |
South Gloucestershire |
546 |
Unitary authority |
Gloucestershire |
174 |
Wycombe |
538 |
|
Buckinghamshire |
175 |
Doncaster |
536 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire |
176 |
Darlington |
535 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham |
177 |
Pendle |
532 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
178 |
Guildford |
528 |
Borough |
Surrey |
179 |
Bath and North East Somerset |
526 |
Unitary authority |
Somerset |
180 |
Tonbridge and Malling |
518 |
Borough |
Kent |
181 |
Canterbury |
510 |
City (TI) |
Kent |
182 |
Wyre Forest |
507 |
|
Worcestershire |
183 |
Chelmsford |
506 |
City (2012) |
Essex |
184 |
Rochford |
502 |
|
Essex |
185 |
Rossendale |
501 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
186 |
Brentwood |
494 |
Borough |
Essex |
187 |
Warwick |
493 |
|
Warwickshire |
188 |
South Bucks |
486 |
|
Buckinghamshire |
189 |
Bolsover |
482 |
|
Derbyshire |
190 |
Chiltern |
479 |
|
Buckinghamshire |
191 |
Wellingborough |
469 |
Borough |
Northamptonshire |
192 |
Amber Valley |
468 |
Borough |
Derbyshire |
193 |
Fylde |
464 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
194 |
Bromsgrove |
440 |
|
Worcestershire |
195 |
Hart |
434 |
|
Hampshire |
196 |
Mid Sussex |
432 |
|
West Sussex |
197 |
Kettering |
416 |
Borough |
Northamptonshire |
198 |
Tendring |
414 |
|
Essex |
199 |
Maidstone |
412 |
Borough |
Kent |
200 |
Wyre |
384 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
201 |
Epping Forest |
380 |
|
Essex |
202 |
Swale |
377 |
Borough |
Kent |
203 |
Central Bedfordshire |
376 |
Unitary authority |
Bedfordshire |
204 |
Isle of Wight |
366 |
Unitary authority, County |
Isle of Wight |
205 |
Hinckley and Bosworth |
363 |
Borough |
Leicestershire |
206 |
Cheshire West and Chester |
362 |
Unitary authority |
Cheshire |
207 |
North East Derbyshire |
360 |
|
Derbyshire |
208 |
Dover |
359 |
|
Kent |
209 |
Waverley |
356 |
Borough |
Surrey |
210 |
Tunbridge Wells |
351 |
Borough |
Kent |
211 |
North Hertfordshire |
349 |
|
Hertfordshire |
212 |
North West Leicestershire |
344 |
|
Leicestershire |
213 |
Bedford |
344 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Bedfordshire |
214 |
Tandridge |
344 |
|
Surrey |
215 |
Lewes |
343 |
|
East Sussex |
216 |
Mole Valley |
334 |
|
Surrey |
217 |
West Lancashire |
323 |
|
Lancashire |
218 |
Cheshire East |
321 |
Unitary authority |
Cheshire |
219 |
Sevenoaks |
319 |
|
Kent |
220 |
Waveney |
313 |
|
Suffolk |
221 |
Lichfield |
308 |
|
Staffordshire |
222 |
Shepway |
307 |
|
Kent |
223 |
East Hertfordshire |
300 |
|
Hertfordshire |
224 |
East Staffordshire |
299 |
Borough |
Staffordshire |
225 |
Rugby |
292 |
Borough |
Warwickshire |
226 |
South Derbyshire |
291 |
|
Derbyshire |
227 |
Rushcliffe |
278 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire |
228 |
Basingstoke and Deane |
273 |
Borough |
Hampshire |
229 |
South Staffordshire |
272 |
|
Staffordshire |
230 |
Horsham |
253 |
|
West Sussex |
231 |
Stroud |
250 |
|
Gloucestershire |
232 |
East Dorset |
249 |
|
Dorset |
233 |
Lancaster |
245 |
City (1937) |
Lancashire |
234 |
Braintree |
245 |
|
Essex |
235 |
Cherwell |
245 |
|
Oxfordshire |
236 |
Taunton Deane |
244 |
Borough |
Somerset |
237 |
New Forest |
238 |
|
Hampshire |
238 |
County Durham |
233 |
Unitary authority |
County Durham |
239 |
East Hampshire |
229 |
|
Hampshire |
240 |
Broadland |
228 |
|
Norfolk |
241 |
Stafford |
221 |
|
Staffordshire |
242 |
West Berkshire |
221 |
Unitary authority |
Berkshire |
243 |
North Warwickshire |
220 |
Borough |
Warwickshire |
244 |
Vale of White Horse |
216 |
|
Oxfordshire |
245 |
Ashford |
212 |
Borough |
Kent |
246 |
Sedgemoor |
211 |
|
Somerset |
247 |
Tewkesbury |
207 |
Borough |
Gloucestershire |
248 |
Aylesbury Vale |
204 |
|
Buckinghamshire |
249 |
South Oxfordshire |
202 |
|
Oxfordshire |
250 |
North Lincolnshire |
200 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lincolnshire |
251 |
Huntingdonshire |
192 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
252 |
Test Valley |
190 |
Borough |
Hampshire |
253 |
Teignbridge |
189 |
|
Devon |
254 |
Wealden |
186 |
|
East Sussex |
255 |
Boston |
182 |
Borough |
Lincolnshire |
256 |
Newark and Sherwood |
181 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
257 |
Rother |
181 |
|
East Sussex |
258 |
Wychavon |
180 |
|
Worcestershire |
259 |
Winchester |
180 |
City (TI) |
Hampshire |
260 |
Bassetlaw |
179 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
261 |
Fenland |
179 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
262 |
Maldon |
175 |
|
Essex |
263 |
East Northamptonshire |
174 |
|
Northamptonshire |
264 |
South Somerset |
172 |
|
Somerset |
265 |
St Edmundsbury |
171 |
Borough |
Suffolk |
266 |
High Peak |
170 |
Borough |
Derbyshire |
267 |
Staffordshire Moorlands |
170 |
|
Staffordshire |
268 |
South Cambridgeshire |
170 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
269 |
East Devon |
168 |
|
Devon |
270 |
Forest Heath |
166 |
|
Suffolk |
271 |
Forest of Dean |
159 |
|
Gloucestershire |
272 |
Cornwall |
154 |
Unitary authority |
Cornwall |
273 |
West Oxfordshire |
151 |
|
Oxfordshire |
274 |
Babergh |
150 |
|
Suffolk |
275 |
Mendip |
150 |
|
Somerset |
276 |
Harborough |
149 |
|
Leicestershire |
277 |
Wiltshire |
148 |
Unitary authority |
Wiltshire |
278 |
Chichester |
147 |
|
West Sussex |
279 |
South Kesteven |
146 |
|
Lincolnshire |
280 |
Isles of Scilly |
143 |
sui generis |
Cornwall |
281 |
Selby |
142 |
|
North Yorkshire |
282 |
South Norfolk |
142 |
|
Norfolk |
283 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
140 |
Unitary authority |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
284 |
Suffolk Coastal |
140 |
|
Suffolk |
285 |
South Northamptonshire |
139 |
|
Northamptonshire |
286 |
East Cambridgeshire |
133 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
287 |
Scarborough |
132 |
Borough |
North Yorkshire |
288 |
Malvern Hills |
132 |
|
Worcestershire |
289 |
Uttlesford |
131 |
|
Essex |
290 |
Stratford-on-Avon |
124 |
|
Warwickshire |
291 |
Harrogate |
120 |
|
North Yorkshire |
292 |
North Kesteven |
120 |
|
Lincolnshire |
293 |
South Holland |
120 |
|
Lincolnshire |
294 |
Daventry |
119 |
|
Northamptonshire |
295 |
North Dorset |
115 |
|
Dorset |
296 |
Mid Suffolk |
114 |
|
Suffolk |
297 |
Purbeck |
113 |
|
Dorset |
298 |
North Norfolk |
107 |
|
Norfolk |
299 |
Melton |
106 |
Borough |
Leicestershire |
300 |
Carlisle |
104 |
City (TI) |
Cumbria |
301 |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
104 |
Borough |
Norfolk |
302 |
Breckland |
103 |
|
Norfolk |
303 |
Ribble Valley |
100 |
Borough |
Lancashire |
304 |
Rutland |
100 |
Unitary authority |
Rutland |
Less than 100 / km²
See also
References
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