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]

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

Less than 100 / km²[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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