List_of_English_districts_by_population_density

List of English districts by population density

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This is a list of the districts of England ordered by population density, based on population estimates for 2021 from the Office for National Statistics. The densities are calculated by dividing the latest Population Estimate^[1] by the Standard Area Measurement.^[2]

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"Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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"Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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Rank	District	Density (per km²)	Type of district	Ceremonial county
283	South Hams	101		Devon
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Copeland		Borough	Cumbria
287	Derbyshire Dales	90		Derbyshire
285	Mid Devon	91		Devon
284	North Devon	92		Devon
288	Herefordshire	86	Unitary authority	Herefordshire
289	West Lindsey	83		Lincolnshire
290	East Lindsey	81		Lincolnshire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Allerdale		Borough	Cumbria
291	Cotswold	78		Gloucestershire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Hambleton			North Yorkshire
293	Torridge	70		Devon
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	South Lakeland			Cumbria
294	Northumberland	64	Unitary authority	Northumberland
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Craven			North Yorkshire
296	West Devon	50	Borough	Devon
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Richmondshire			North Yorkshire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Ryedale			North Yorkshire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Eden			Cumbria

List_of_English_districts_by_population_density

List of English districts by population density

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Rank	District	Density (per km²)	Type of district	Ceremonial county
1	Tower Hamlets	15,794	London borough	Greater London
2	Islington	14,589	London borough	Greater London
3	Hackney	13,650	London borough	Greater London
5	Lambeth	11,844	London borough	Greater London
4	Kensington and Chelsea	11,873	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
6	Hammersmith and Fulham	11,174	London borough	Greater London
7	Southwark	10,609	London borough	Greater London
8	Newham	9,687	London borough	Greater London
9	Camden	9,660	London borough	Greater London
10	Wandsworth	9,584	London borough	Greater London
11	Westminster	9,547	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
12	Haringey	8,922	London borough	Greater London
13	Lewisham	8,530	London borough	Greater London
14	Brent	7,839	London borough	Greater London
15	Waltham Forest	7,164	London borough	Greater London
16	Ealing	6,592	London borough	Greater London
17	Greenwich	6,114	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
18	Barking and Dagenham	6,053	London borough	Greater London
19	Merton	5,723	London borough	Greater London
20	Redbridge	5,494	London borough	Greater London
21	Luton	5,186	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
22	Harrow	5,172	London borough	Greater London
24	Portsmouth	5,122	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire
23	Hounslow	5,145	London borough	Greater London
25	Leicester	4,991	Unitary authority, City (1919)	Leicestershire
26	Southampton	4,957	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire
27	Slough	4,864	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
29	Sutton	4,778	London borough	Greater London
30	Manchester	4,755	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
28	Watford	4,781	Borough	Hertfordshire
31	Croydon	4,515	London borough	Greater London
32	Kingston upon Thames	4,505	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
33	Barnet	4,479	London borough	Greater London
35	Liverpool	4,332	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
38	Nottingham	4,283	Unitary authority, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
34	Southend-on-Sea	4,334	Unitary authority, Borough, City (2022)	Essex
37	Reading	4,288	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
36	Bristol	4,296	Unitary authority, City (1542)	Bristol
39	Birmingham	4,266	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
40	Enfield	4,078	London borough	Greater London
41	Bexley	4,070	London borough	Greater London
42	Blackpool	4,042	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
43	Sandwell	3,994	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
44	Wolverhampton	3,803	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
45	Hull	3,722	Unitary authority, City (1897)	East Riding of Yorkshire
46	Norwich	3,668	City (TI)	Norfolk
47	Cambridge	3,556	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
49	Oxford	3,509	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
48	Ipswich	3,534	Borough	Suffolk
50	Coventry	3,481	Metropolitan borough, City (1102)	West Midlands
51	Stevenage	3,439	Borough	Hertfordshire
52	Worthing	3,433	Borough	West Sussex
53	Richmond upon Thames	3,402	London borough	Greater London
54	Derby	3,347	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire
55	Brighton & Hove	3,336	Unitary authority, City (2000)	East Sussex
56	Plymouth	3,315	Unitary authority, City (1928)	Devon
57	Dudley	3,303	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
58	Gloucester	3,268	City (1541)	Gloucestershire
59	Gosport	3,239	Borough	Hampshire
60	Worcester	3,114	City (TI)	Worcestershire
61	Harlow	3,058		Essex
62	Hastings	3,053	Borough	East Sussex
63	City of London	2,982	City (TI), sui generis	City of London
64	Lincoln	2,867	City (TI)	Lincolnshire
67	Exeter	2,749	City (TI)	Devon
65	Salford	2,786	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
66	Stoke-on-Trent	2,761	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire
68	Walsall	2,734	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
69	Middlesbrough	2,668	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
72	Newcastle upon Tyne	2,629	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
71	Hillingdon	2,634	London borough	Greater London
70	Crawley	2,637	Borough	West Sussex
73	Rushmoor	2,563	Borough	Hampshire
74	Tamworth	2,555	Borough	Staffordshire
75	Cheltenham	2,551	Borough	Gloucestershire
76	North Tyneside	2,541	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
77	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2,469	Unitary authority	Dorset
78	Oadby and Wigston	2,455	Borough	Leicestershire
79	Epsom and Ewell	2,377	Borough	Surrey
80	Stockport	2,342	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
81	Havering	2,332	London borough	Greater London
82	Eastbourne	2,300	Borough	East Sussex
83	South Tyneside	2,296	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
84	Spelthorne	2,294	Borough	Surrey
85	Tameside	2,241	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
86	Havant	2,233	Borough	Hampshire
87	Trafford	2,221	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
88	Torbay	2,217	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon
89	Bromley	2,197	London borough	Greater London
90	Bolton	2,118	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
91	Castle Point	2,008	Borough	Essex
92	Sunderland	1,995	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
93	Wirral	1,992	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
94	Bury	1,949	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
95	Broxbourne	1,927	Borough	Hertfordshire
96	Knowsley	1,792	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
97	Sefton	1,786	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
98	Wigan	1,752	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
99	Eastleigh	1,719	Borough	Hampshire
100	Basildon	1,706		Essex
102	Oldham	1,701	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
101	Nuneaton and Bedworth	1,701	Borough	Warwickshire
103	Woking	1,633	Borough	Surrey
104	Halton	1,626	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
105	Dartford	1,606	Borough	Kent
106	Redditch	1,604	Borough	Worcestershire
107	Chesterfield	1,570	Borough	Derbyshire
108	Fareham	1,549	Borough	Hampshire
109	Adur	1,536		West Sussex
110	Sheffield	1,507	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
111	Bradford	1,493	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
112	Leeds	1,466	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
113	Elmbridge	1,466	Borough	Surrey
114	Medway	1,445	Unitary authority, Borough	Kent
115	Mansfield	1,442		Nottinghamshire
116	Rochdale	1,417	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
117	Broxtowe	1,383	Borough	Nottinghamshire
118	Gateshead	1,378	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
119	Thanet	1,358		Kent
120	St Helens	1,345	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
121	Cannock Chase	1,275		Staffordshire
122	Solihull	1,215	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
123	Reigate and Banstead	1,173	Borough	Surrey
124	Warrington	1,169	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
125	Ashfield	1,153		Nottinghamshire
126	Bracknell Forest	1,144	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
127	Blackburn with Darwen	1,131	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
129	Runnymede	1,124	Borough	Surrey
128	Hyndburn	1,127	Borough	Lancashire
130	Gravesham	1,079	Borough	Kent
131	Thurrock	1,074	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
132	Hertsmere	1,069	Borough	Hertfordshire
133	Kirklees	1,061	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
134	Three Rivers	1,058		Hertfordshire
135	Wakefield	1,045	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
136	Preston	1,037	City (2002)	Lancashire
137	Erewash	1,031	Borough	Derbyshire
138	Swindon	1,016	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire
139	Wokingham	996	Unitary authority	Berkshire
140	Hartlepool	988	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
141	South Ribble	983	Borough	Lancashire
142	Gedling	978	Borough	Nottinghamshire
143	Stockton-on-Tees	961	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
144	Surrey Heath	953	Borough	Surrey
145	Milton Keynes	934	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire
146	Rotherham	929	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
147	Welwyn Hatfield	923		Hertfordshire
148	St Albans	922	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Barrow-in-Furness		Borough	Cumbria
149	Burnley	856	Borough	Lancashire
150	North East Lincolnshire	816	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
155	York	742	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire
151	Blaby	792		Leicestershire
152	Windsor and Maidenhead	783	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire
154	Barnsley	744	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
156	Dacorum	731	Borough	Hertfordshire
153	Arun	748		West Sussex
157	Charnwood	655	Borough	Leicestershire
162	Newcastle-under-Lyme	583	Borough	Staffordshire
158	Telford and Wrekin	640	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire
159	Peterborough	630	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
160	Colchester	586	Borough	Essex
166	Calderdale	568	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
164	Chorley	582	Borough	Lancashire
163	North Somerset	582	Unitary authority	Somerset
165	Great Yarmouth	575	Borough	Norfolk
161	South Gloucestershire	585	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire
168	Redcar and Cleveland	557	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
169	Bath and North East Somerset	556	Unitary authority	Somerset
172	Doncaster	543	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
174	Guildford	531	Borough	Surrey
170	Tonbridge and Malling	551	Borough	Kent
167	Pendle	566	Borough	Lancashire
171	Darlington	548	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
179	Canterbury	507	City (TI)	Kent
173	Chelmsford	537	City (2012)	Essex
176	Wyre Forest	521		Worcestershire
178	Rossendale	514	Borough	Lancashire
177	Rochford	516		Essex
175	Warwick	526		Warwickshire
180	Brentwood	504	Borough	Essex
181	Bolsover	502		Derbyshire
182	Fylde	494	Borough	Lancashire
183	Amber Valley	477	Borough	Derbyshire
184	Hart	466		Hampshire
185	Bromsgrove	458		Worcestershire
186	Mid Sussex	458		West Sussex
187	Maidstone	449	Borough	Kent
188	Tendring	443		Essex
189	Central Bedfordshire	413	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire
204	Buckinghamshire	355	Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
190	Swale	408	Borough	Kent
191	Wyre	399	Borough	Lancashire
192	Epping Forest	398		Essex
195	Hinckley and Bosworth	382	Borough	Leicestershire
199	Isle of Wight	371	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight
194	Cheshire West and Chester	389	Unitary authority	Cheshire
200	Dover	370		Kent
198	North East Derbyshire	371		Derbyshire
196	North West Leicestershire	376		Leicestershire
197	Waverley	373	Borough	Surrey
193	Bedford	390	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
205	Tunbridge Wells	349	Borough	Kent
202	North Hertfordshire	356		Hertfordshire
203	Tandridge	355		Surrey
207	Lewes	343		East Sussex
208	Mole Valley	339		Surrey
209	West Lancashire	338		Lancashire
206	Cheshire East	343	Unitary authority	Cheshire
210	Sevenoaks	327		Kent
217	Folkestone and Hythe	308		Kent
212	Lichfield	323		Staffordshire
215	East Hertfordshire	317		Hertfordshire
214	South Derbyshire	320		Derbyshire
213	East Staffordshire	322	Borough	Staffordshire
211	Rugby	327	Borough	Warwickshire
219	Rushcliffe	292	Borough	Nottinghamshire
218	Basingstoke and Deane	293	Borough	Hampshire
222	South Staffordshire	272		Staffordshire
220	Horsham	278		West Sussex
223	Stroud	264		Gloucestershire
221	Cherwell	275		Oxfordshire
225	Lancaster	251	City (1937)	Lancashire
224	Braintree	255		Essex
229	New Forest	234		Hampshire
230	County Durham	234	Unitary authority	County Durham
226	East Hampshire	245		Hampshire
228	Broadland	240		Norfolk
227	Vale of White Horse	241		Oxfordshire
233	North Warwickshire	230	Borough	Warwickshire
234	Stafford	229		Staffordshire
232	West Berkshire	230	Unitary authority	Berkshire
231	Tewkesbury	230	Borough	Gloucestershire
235	Ashford	229	Borough	Kent
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Sedgemoor			Somerset
236	South Oxfordshire	221		Oxfordshire
238	North Lincolnshire	201	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
237	Test Valley	209	Borough	Hampshire
239	Teignbridge	201		Devon
242	East Suffolk	196		Suffolk
240	Huntingdonshire	201		Cambridgeshire
245	Wealden	193		East Sussex
241	Wychavon	201		Worcestershire
243	Boston	194	Borough	Lincolnshire
244	Winchester	194	City (TI)	Hampshire
251	Rother	183		East Sussex
246	Newark and Sherwood	189		Nottinghamshire
247	Fenland	188		Cambridgeshire
250	Bassetlaw	186		Nottinghamshire
249	Maldon	186		Essex
248	East Devon	187		Devon
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	South Somerset			Somerset
252	South Cambridgeshire	181		Cambridgeshire
253	West Suffolk	175	Borough	Suffolk
254	High Peak	169	Borough	Derbyshire
255	Staffordshire Moorlands	167		Staffordshire
258	Forest of Dean	166		Gloucestershire
259	Cornwall	161	Unitary authority	Cornwall
257	Harborough	166		Leicestershire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Mendip			Somerset
264	Babergh	156		Suffolk
260	West Oxfordshire	161		Oxfordshire
261	Chichester	158		West Sussex
262	Wiltshire	158	Unitary authority	Wiltshire
263	South Norfolk	157		Norfolk
266	South Kesteven	153		Lincolnshire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Selby			North Yorkshire
265	Dorset	153	Unitary authority	Dorset
268	East Riding of Yorkshire	143	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
267	Uttlesford	143		Essex
269	Isles of Scilly	139	sui generis	Cornwall
272	East Cambridgeshire	135		Cambridgeshire
271	Malvern Hills	139		Worcestershire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Scarborough		Borough	North Yorkshire
270	Stratford-on-Avon	139		Warwickshire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Somerset West and Taunton		Borough	Somerset
273	North Kesteven	129		Lincolnshire
274	South Holland	127		Lincolnshire
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Harrogate			North Yorkshire
275	Mid Suffolk	119		Suffolk
280	North Norfolk	107		Norfolk
276	Breckland	109		Norfolk
279	Melton	108	Borough	Leicestershire
278	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	108	Borough	Norfolk
String Module Error: String subset index out of range	Carlisle		City (1133)	Cumbria
277	Rutland	108	Unitary authority	Rutland
281	Ribble Valley	106	Borough	Lancashire
282	Shropshire	102	Unitary authority	Shropshire