List of English districts by population

List of the 326 districts of England (English Municipalities) by population, reported in June 2015 as the 2014 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics.^[1]

The list consists of the non-metropolitan districts (201), the London boroughs (32), metropolitan boroughs (36), unitary authorities (55) and those that are labelled as sui generis (2).

Map of England's districts by population

More than 500,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	Historic county	English Region
1	Birmingham	1,101,360	Metropolitan borough, City 1889	West Midlands	Warwickshire	West Midlands
2	Leeds	766,399	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	West Yorkshire	West Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
3	Sheffield	563,749	Metropolitan borough, City 1893	South Yorkshire	West Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
4	Cornwall	545,335	Unitary authority	Cornwall	Cornwall	South West
5	Bradford	528,155	Metropolitan borough, City 1897	West Yorkshire	West Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
6	Manchester	520,215	Metropolitan borough, City 1853	Greater Manchester	Lancashire, Cheshire	North West
7	Co. Durham	517,773	Unitary authority	County Durham	County Durham	North East

400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	Historic county	English Region
8	Wiltshire	483,143	Unitary authority	Wiltshire	Wiltshire	South West
9	Liverpool	473,073	Metropolitan borough, City 1880	Merseyside	Lancashire	North West
10	Bristol	442,474	Unitary authority, City 1542	Bristol	Gloucestershire, Somerset	South West
11	Kirklees	431,020	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire	West Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber

300,000 to 400,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	Historic county	English Region
12	Croydon	376,040	London borough	Greater London	Surrey	London
13	Barnet	374,915	London borough	Greater London	Middlesex, Hertfordshire	London
14	Cheshire East	374,179	Unitary authority	Cheshire	Cheshire	North West
15	Ealing	342,118	London borough	Greater London	Middlesex	London
16	Leicester	337,653	Unitary authority, City 1919	Leicestershire	Leicestershire	East Midlands
17	Coventry	337,428	Metropolitan borough, City 1345	West Midlands	Warwickshire	West Midlands
18	East Riding of Yorkshire	337,115	Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
19	Cheshire West and Chester	332,210	Unitary authority	Cheshire	Cheshire	North West
20	Wakefield	331,379	Metropolitan borough, City 1888	West Yorkshire	West Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
21	Enfield	324,574	London borough	Greater London	Middlesex	London
22	Newham	324,322	London borough	Greater London	Essex	London
23	Bromley	321,278	London borough	Greater London	Kent	London
24	Wigan	320,975	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	Lancashire	North West
25	Wirral	320,914	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	Cheshire	North West
26	Brent	320,762	London borough	Greater London	Middlesex	London
27	Lambeth	318,216	London borough	Greater London	Surrey	London
28	Sandwell	316,719	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	Staffordshire & Worcestershire	West Midlands
29	Northumberland	315,987	Unitary authority	Northumberland	Northumberland	North East
30	Dudley	315,799	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	Worcestershire	West Midlands
31	Nottingham	314,268	Unitary authority, City 1897	Nottinghamshire	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands
32	Wandsworth	312,145	London borough	Greater London	Surrey	London
33	Shropshire	310,121	Unitary authority	Shropshire	Salop	West Midlands
34	Doncaster	304,185	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	West Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
35	Southwark	302,538	London borough	Greater London	Surrey	London

250,000 to 300,000 inhabitants

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county	Historic county	English Region
36	Redbridge	293,055	London borough	Greater London	Essex	London
37	Hillingdon	292,690	London borough	Greater London	Middlesex	London
38	Lewisham	291,933	London borough	Greater London	Kent	London
39	Newcastle upon Tyne	289,835	Metropolitan borough, City 1882	Tyne and Wear	Northumberland	North East
40	Stockport	286,755	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire[2]	North West
41	Tower Hamlets	284,015	London borough	Greater London	Essex	London
42	Brighton & Hove	281,076	Unitary authority, City 2000	East Sussex	Sussex	South East
43	Bolton	280,439	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester	Lancashire	North West
44	Sunderland	276,889	Metropolitan borough, City 1992	Tyne and Wear	Co. Durham	North East
45	Walsall	274,173	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands	Staffordshire	West Midlands
46	Medway	274,015	Unitary authority	Kent	Kent	South East
47	Sefton	273,531	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside	Lancashire	North West
48	South Gloucestershire	271,556	Unitary authority	Gloucestershire	Gloucestershire	South West
49	Central Bedfordshire	269,076	Unitary authority	Bedfordshire	Bedfordshire	East of England
50	Greenwich	268,678	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London	Kent	London
51	Waltham Forest	268,020	London borough	Greater London	Essex	London
52	Haringey	267,541	London borough	Greater London	Surrey	London
53	Hounslow	265,568	London borough	Greater London	Surrey	London
54	Hackney	263,150	London borough	Greater London
55	Plymouth	261,546	Unitary authority, City 1928	Devon	Devon	South West
56	Rotherham	260,070	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire	West Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
57	Milton Keynes	259,245	Unitary authority, Borough	Buckinghamshire
58	Hull	257,710	Unitary authority, City 1299	East Riding of Yorkshire	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber
59	Wolverhampton	252,987	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
60	Derby	252,463	Unitary authority, City (1977)	Derbyshire
61	Stoke-on-Trent	251,027	Unitary authority, City (1925)	Staffordshire

200,000 to 250,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
62	Harrow	246,011	London borough	Greater London
63	Havering	245,974	London borough	Greater London
64	Southampton	245,290	Unitary authority, City (1964)	Hampshire
65	Salford	242,040	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
66	Bexley	239,865	London borough	Greater London
67	Barnsley	237,843	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
68	Camden	234,846	London borough	Greater London
69	Westminster	233,292	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
70	Trafford	232,458	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
71	Oldham	228,765	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
72	Islington	221,030	London borough	Greater London
73	Tameside	220,771	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
74	Northampton	219,495	Borough	Northamptonshire
75	Swindon	215,799	Unitary authority, Borough	Wiltshire
76	Rochdale	212,962	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
77	Luton	210,962	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
78	Solihull	209,890	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
79	Portsmouth	209,085	Unitary authority, City (1926)	Hampshire
80	North Somerset	208,154	Unitary authority	Somerset
81	Calderdale	207,376	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
82	Warrington	206,428	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
83	York	204,439	Unitary authority, City (TI)	North Yorkshire
84	Merton	203,515	London borough	Greater London
85	North Tyneside	202,744	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
86	Gateshead	200,505	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear

150,000 to 200,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
87	Barking and Dagenham	198,294	London borough	Greater London
88	Sutton	198,134	London borough	Greater London
89	Stockton-on-Tees	194,119	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
90	Richmond upon Thames	193,585	London borough	Greater London
91	Bournemouth	191,390	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
92	Peterborough	190,461	Unitary authority, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
93	Bury	187,474	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
94	Herefordshire	187,160	Unitary authority	Herefordshire
95	Aylesbury Vale	184,560		Buckinghamshire
96	Bath and North East Somerset	182,021	Unitary authority	Somerset
97	Basildon	180,521	Borough	Essex
98	Colchester	180,420	Borough	Essex
99	New Forest	178,907		Hampshire
100	Hammersmith and Fulham	178,365	London borough	Greater London
101	Southend-on-Sea	177,931	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
102	St Helens	177,188	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
103	Wycombe	174,878		Buckinghamshire
104	Huntingdonshire	173,605		Cambridgeshire
105	Charnwood	173,545	Borough	Leicestershire
106	Basingstoke and Deane	172,870	Borough	Hampshire
107	Chelmsford	171,633	City (2012)	Essex
108	Kingston upon Thames	169,958	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
109	Telford and Wrekin	169,440	Unitary authority, Borough	Shropshire
110	North Lincolnshire	169,247	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
111	South Somerset	164,569		Somerset
112	Bedford	163,924	Unitary authority, Borough	Bedfordshire
113	Thurrock	163,270	Unitary authority, Borough	Essex
114	Maidstone	161,819	Borough	Kent
115	Reading	160,825	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
116	North East Lincolnshire	159,804	Unitary authority, Borough	Lincolnshire
117	Wokingham	159,097	Unitary authority	Berkshire
118	Oxford	157,997	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
119	Canterbury	157,649	City (TI)	Kent
120	Harrogate	157,267	Borough	North Yorkshire
121	Kensington and Chelsea	156,190	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
122	West Berkshire	155,732	Unitary authority	Berkshire
123	Wealden	154,767		East Sussex
124	Arun	154,414		West Sussex
125	South Cambridgeshire	153,281		Cambridgeshire
126	Poole	150,109	Unitary authority, Borough	Dorset
127	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	150,026	Borough	Norfolk

125,000 to 150,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
128	Braintree	149,985		Essex
129	Dacorum	149,741	Borough	Hertfordshire
130	South Tyneside	148,740	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
131	Windsor and Maidenhead	147,400	Unitary authority, Royal Borough	Berkshire
132	Blackburn with Darwen	146,743	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
133	Knowsley	146,407	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
134	St Albans	144,834	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
135	Slough	144,575	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
136	Cherwell	144,494		Oxfordshire
137	Mid Sussex	144,377		West Sussex
138	Reigate and Banstead	143,094	Borough	Surrey
139	East Hertfordshire	143,021		Hertfordshire
140	Guildford	142,958	Borough	Surrey
141	Lancaster	141,277	City (1937)	Lancashire
142	Swale	140,836	Borough	Kent
143	Blackpool	140,501	Unitary authority, Borough	Lancashire
144	Preston	140,452	City (2002)	Lancashire
145	Tendring	139,916		Essex
146	Warwick	139,396		Warwickshire
147	Middlesbrough	139,119	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
148	Isle of Wight	139,105	Unitary authority, County	Isle of Wight
149	Thanet	138,410		Kent
150	South Kesteven	137,981		Lincolnshire
151	East Lindsey	137,623		Lincolnshire
152	Norwich	137,472	City (1195)	Norfolk
153	South Oxfordshire	137,015		Oxfordshire
154	East Devon	136,374		Devon
155	Redcar and Cleveland	135,042	Unitary authority, Borough	North Yorkshire
156	Ipswich	134,966	Borough	Suffolk
157	Horsham	134,158		West Sussex
158	Breckland	133,986		Norfolk
159	Torbay	132,984	Unitary authority, Borough	Devon
160	Elmbridge	132,769	Borough	Surrey
161	Stafford	132,241		Staffordshire
162	North Hertfordshire	131,046		Hertfordshire
163	South Norfolk	129,226		Norfolk
164	Eastleigh	128,877	Borough	Hampshire
165	Epping Forest	128,777		Essex
166	Cambridge	128,515	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
167	Teignbridge	127,357		Devon
168	Halton	126,354	Unitary authority, Borough	Cheshire
169	Nuneaton and Bedworth	126,174	Borough	Warwickshire
170	Newcastle-under-Lyme	126,052	Borough	Staffordshire
171	Broadland	125,961		Norfolk
172	Gloucester	125,649	City (1541)	Gloucestershire

100,000 to 125,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
173	Vale of White Horse	124,852		Oxfordshire
174	Suffolk Coastal	124,776		Suffolk
175	Tonbridge and Malling	124,426	Borough	Kent
176	Exeter	124,328	City (TI)	Devon
177	Amber Valley	123,942	Borough	Derbyshire
178	Ashford	123,285	Borough	Kent
179	Waverley	122,860	Borough	Surrey
180	Ashfield	122,508		Nottinghamshire
181	Havant	122,210	Borough	Hampshire
182	Stratford-on-Avon	121,056		Warwickshire
183	Wychavon	119,752		Worcestershire
184	Test Valley	119,332	Borough	Hampshire
185	Winchester	119,218	City (TI)	Hampshire
186	Sedgemoor	119,057		Somerset
187	Bracknell Forest	118,025	Unitary authority, Borough	Berkshire
188	Sevenoaks	117,811		Kent
189	Newark and Sherwood	117,758		Nottinghamshire
190	East Hampshire	117,483		Hampshire
191	Cheltenham	116,495	Borough	Gloucestershire
192	Tunbridge Wells	116,105	Borough	Kent
193	Welwyn Hatfield	116,024		Hertfordshire
194	Waveney	115,919		Suffolk
195	East Staffordshire	115,663	Borough	Staffordshire
196	Gedling	115,638	Borough	Nottinghamshire
197	Chichester	115,527		West Sussex
198	Stroud	115,093		Gloucestershire
199	Fareham	114,331	Borough	Hampshire
200	Bassetlaw	114,143		Nottinghamshire
201	Erewash	114,048	Borough	Derbyshire
202	Rushcliffe	113,670	Borough	Nottinghamshire
203	Dover	113,066		Kent
204	Taunton Deane	112,817	Borough	Somerset
205	St Edmundsbury	112,073	Borough	Suffolk
206	West Lancashire	111,940		Lancashire
207	Broxtowe	111,780	Borough	Nottinghamshire
208	Chorley	111,607	Borough	Lancashire
209	North Kesteven	111,046		Lincolnshire
210	Mendip	110,844		Somerset
211	South Staffordshire	110,692		Staffordshire
212	Crawley	109,883	Borough	West Sussex
213	Shepway	109,452		Kent
214	South Ribble	109,077	Borough	Lancashire
215	Wyre	108,742	Borough	Lancashire
216	West Oxfordshire	108,158		Oxfordshire
217	Carlisle	108,022	City (TI)	Cumbria
218	Scarborough	108,006	Borough	North Yorkshire
219	Hinckley and Bosworth	107,722	Borough	Leicestershire
220	Worthing	106,863	Borough	West Sussex
221	Mansfield	105,893		Nottinghamshire
222	Darlington	105,367	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
223	Gravesham	105,261	Borough	Kent
224	Chesterfield	104,288	Borough	Derbyshire
225	South Lakeland	103,271		Cumbria
226	North Norfolk	102,867		Norfolk
227	Rugby	102,500	Borough	Warwickshire
228	Hertsmere	102,427	Borough	Hertfordshire
229	Dartford	102,234	Borough	Kent
230	Lichfield	102,093		Staffordshire
231	Eastbourne	101,547	Borough	East Sussex
232	Worcester	100,842	City (1189)	Worcestershire
233	West Dorset	100,474		Dorset
234	Lewes	100,229		East Sussex

75,000 to 100,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
235	Woking	99,426	Borough	Surrey
236	North East Derbyshire	99,352		Derbyshire
237	Mid Suffolk	99,121		Suffolk
238	Wyre Forest	98,960		Worcestershire
239	Cannock Chase	98,549		Staffordshire
240	South Derbyshire	98,374		Derbyshire
241	Great Yarmouth	98,172	Borough	Norfolk
242	Spelthorne	98,106	Borough	Surrey
243	Staffordshire Moorlands	97,763		Staffordshire
244	Fenland	97,732		Cambridgeshire
245	Kettering	96,945	Borough	Northamptonshire
246	Allerdale	96,471	Borough	Cumbria
247	Lincoln	96,202	City (TI)	Lincolnshire
248	North West Leicestershire	95,882		Leicestershire
249	Blaby	95,851		Leicestershire
250	Broxbourne	95,748	Borough	Hertfordshire
251	Watford	95,505	Borough	Hertfordshire
252	Bromsgrove	95,485		Worcestershire
253	Rushmoor	95,296	Borough	Hampshire
254	North Devon	94,059		Devon
255	Chiltern	93,972		Buckinghamshire
256	Hart	93,325		Hampshire
257	Hartlepool	92,590	Unitary authority, Borough	Durham
258	Rother	92,130		East Sussex
259	West Lindsey	91,787		Lincolnshire
260	High Peak	91,364	Borough	Derbyshire
261	Hastings	91,093	Borough	East Sussex
262	Three Rivers	90,423		Hertfordshire
263	South Holland	90,419		Lincolnshire
264	Pendle	89,840	Borough	Lancashire
265	Hambleton	89,828		North Yorkshire
266	Castle Point	88,907	Borough	Essex
267	East Northamptonshire	88,872		Northamptonshire
268	Babergh	88,845		Suffolk
269	East Dorset	88,186		Dorset
270	South Northamptonshire	88,164		Northamptonshire
271	Harborough	88,008		Leicestershire
272	Surrey Heath	87,533	Borough	Surrey
273	Burnley	87,291	Borough	Lancashire
274	East Cambridgeshire	86,685		Cambridgeshire
275	Mole Valley	86,234		Surrey
276	Stevenage	85,997	Borough	Hertfordshire
277	Tewkesbury	85,784	Borough	Gloucestershire
278	Tandridge	85,374		Surrey
279	Selby	85,355		North Yorkshire
280	Rochford	84,776		Essex
281	Cotswold	84,637		Gloucestershire
282	Runnymede	84,584	Borough	Surrey
283	Harlow	84,564		Essex
284	Redditch	84,471	Borough	Worcestershire
285	Gosport	84,287	Borough	Hampshire
286	South Hams	84,108		Devon
287	Uttlesford	84,042		Essex
288	Forest of Dean	83,674		Gloucestershire
289	Hyndburn	80,208	Borough	Lancashire
290	Mid Devon	79,198		Devon
291	Daventry	79,036		Northamptonshire
292	Epsom and Ewell	78,318	Borough	Surrey
293	Bolsover	77,155		Derbyshire
294	Tamworth	77,112	Borough	Staffordshire
295	Fylde	77,042	Borough	Lancashire
296	Wellingborough	76,446	Borough	Northamptonshire

50,000 to 75,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
297	Malvern Hills	75,911		Worcestershire
298	Brentwood	75,645	Borough	Essex
299	Derbyshire Dales	71,281		Derbyshire
300	North Dorset	70,043		Dorset
301	Copeland	69,832	Borough	Cumbria
302	Rossendale	69,168	Borough	Lancashire
303	South Bucks	68,512		Buckinghamshire
304	Barrow-in-Furness	67,648	Borough	Cumbria
305	Boston	66,458	Borough	Lincolnshire
306	Torridge	65,618		Devon
307	Corby	65,434	Borough	Northamptonshire
308	Weymouth and Portland	64,992	Borough	Dorset
309	Adur	63,176		West Sussex
310	Forest Heath	62,812		Suffolk
311	Maldon	62,767		Essex
312	North Warwickshire	62,468	Borough	Warwickshire
313	Ribble Valley	58,091	Borough	Lancashire
314	Oadby and Wigston	55,928	Borough	Leicestershire
315	Craven	55,696		North Yorkshire
316	West Devon	54,260	Borough	Devon
317	Richmondshire	52,729		North Yorkshire
318	Ryedale	52,655		North Yorkshire
319	Eden	52,630		Cumbria
320	Melton	50,969	Borough	Leicestershire

Below 50,000

Rank	District	Population	Type	Ceremonial county
321	Christchurch	48,895	Borough	Dorset
322	Purbeck	45,679		Dorset
323	Rutland	38,022	Unitary authority	Rutland
324	West Somerset	34,322		Somerset
325	City of London	8,072	City (TI), sui generis	City of London
326	Isles of Scilly	2,280	sui generis	Cornwall

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 and their ethnic composition
• List of English districts by population density
• List of districts in south east England by population

References

1. "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2014". Office for National Statistics. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
2. Arrowsmith, Peter (1997). Stockport: a History. Stockport: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. ISBN 0-905164-99-7.