List of English districts by population

This is a list of Districts of England ordered by population. It covers all of England. The counties used are the Ceromonial counties of England.

Table of contents

1 Over 300,000 2 Over 250,000 3 Over 200,000 4 Over 150,000 5 Over 125,000 6 Over 100,000 7 Over 75,000 8 Over 50,000 9 Below 50,000

Over 300,000

	District	Population	Type	County
1	Birmingham	977,087	Unitary, City (1889)	West Midlands
2	Leeds	715,402	Unitary, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
3	Sheffield	513,234	Unitary, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
4	Bradford	467,665	Unitary, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
5	Liverpool	439,473	Unitary, City (1880)	Merseyside
6	Manchester	392,819	Unitary, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
7	Kirklees	388,567	Unitary	West Yorkshire
8	Bristol	380,615	Unitary, City (1542)	Bristol
9	Croydon	330,587	London borough	Greater London
10	Wakefield	315,172	Unitary, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
11	Barnet	314,564	London borough	Greater London
12	East Riding of Yorkshire	314,113	Unitary	East Riding of Yorkshire
13	Wirral	312,293	Unitary	Merseyside
14	Dudley	305,155	Unitary	West Midlands
15	Wigan	301,415	Unitary	Greater Manchester
16	Ealing	300,948	London borough	Greater London
17	Coventry	300,848	Unitary, City (1345)	West Midlands

Over 250,000

District	Population	Type	County
Bromley	295,532	London borough	Greater London
Doncaster	286,866	Unitary	South Yorkshire
Stockport	284,528	Unitary	Greater Manchester
Sefton	282,958	Unitary	Merseyside
Sandwell	282,904	Unitary	West Midlands
Sunderland	280,807	Unitary, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
Enfield	273,559	London borough	Greater London
Leicester	279,921	Unitary, City (1919)	Leicestershire
Nottingham	266,988	Unitary, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
Lambeth	266,169	London borough	Greater London
Brent	263,464	London borough	Greater London
Bolton	261,037	Unitary	Greater Manchester
Wandsworth	260,380	London borough	Greater London
Newcastle upon Tyne	259,536	Unitary, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
Walsall	253,499	Unitary	West Midlands

Over 200,000

District	Population	Type	County
Medway	249,488	Unitary	Kent
Lewisham	248,922	London borough	Greater London
Rotherham	248,175	Unitary	South Yorkshire
Brighton and Hove	247,817	Unitary, City (2000)	East Sussex
South Gloucestershire	245,641	Unitary	Gloucestershire
Southwark	244,866	London borough	Greater London
Newham	243,891	London borough	Greater London
Hull	243,589	Unitary, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
Hillingdon	243,006	London borough	Greater London
Plymouth	240,720	Unitary, City (1928)	Devon
Stoke-on-Trent	240,636	Unitary, City (1925)	Staffordshire
Redbridge	238,635	London borough	Greater London
Wolverhampton	236,582	Unitary, City (2002)	West Midlands
Havering	224,248	London borough	Greater London
Derby	221,708	Unitary, City (1977)	Derbyshire
Waltham Forest	218,341	London borough	Greater London
Bexley	218,307	London borough	Greater London
Barnsley	218,063	Unitary	South Yorkshire
Southampton	217,445	Unitary (1964)	Hampshire
Oldham	217,273	Unitary	Greater Manchester
Haringey	216,507	London borough	Greater London
Salford	216,103	Unitary, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
Greenwich	214,403	London borough	Greater London
Tameside	213,043	Unitary	Greater Manchester
Hounslow	212,341	London borough	Greater London
Trafford	210,145	Unitary	Greater Manchester
Milton Keynes	207,057	Unitary	Buckinghamshire
Harrow	206,814	London borough	Greater London
Rochdale	205,357	Unitary	Greater Manchester
Hackney	202,824	London borough	Greater London

Over 150,000

District	Population	Type	County
Solihull	199,517	Unitary	West Midlands
Northampton	194,458		Northamptonshire
Camden	198,020	London borough	Greater London
Tower Hamlets	196,106	London borough	Greater London
Calderdale	192,405	Unitary	West Yorkshire
North Tyneside	191,659	Unitary	Tyne and Wear
Gateshead	191,151	Unitary	Tyne and Wear
Warrington	191,080	Unitary	Cheshire
North Somerset	188,564	Unitary	Somerset
Merton	187,908	London borough	Greater London
Portsmouth	186,701	Unitary, City (1926)	Hampshire
Luton	184,371	Unitary	Bedfordshire
Westminster	181,286	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
York	181,094	Unitary, City	North Yorkshire
Bury	180,608	Unitary	Greater Manchester
Swindon	180,051	Unitary	Wiltshire
Sutton	179,768	London borough	Greater London
Stockton on Tees	178,408	Unitary	Durham and North Yorkshire
St Helens	176,843	Unitary	Merseyside
Islington	175,797	London borough	Greater London
Herefordshire	174,871	Unitary	Herefordshire
Richmond	172,335	London borough	Greater London
New Forest	169,331		Hampshire
Bath and North East Somerset	169,040	Unitary	Somerset
Aylesbury Vale	165,748		Buckinghamshire
Basildon	165,668		Essex
Hammersmith and Fulham	165,242	London borough	Greater London
Barking and Dagenham	163,944	London borough	Greater London
Bournemouth	163,444	Unitary	Dorset
Wycombe	162,105		Buckinghamshire
Southend-on-Sea	160,257	Unitary	Essex
Kensington and Chelsea	158,919	London borough	Greater London
Telford and Wrekin	158,325	Unitary	Shropshire
North East Lincolnshire	157,979	Unitary	Lincolnshire
Chelmsford	157,072		Essex
Huntingdonshire	156,954		Cambridgeshire
Peterborough	156,061	Unitary, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
Colchester	155,796		Essex
Charnwood	153,462		Leicestershire
North Lincolnshire	152,849	Unitary	Lincolnshire
South Tyneside	152,785	Unitary	Tyne and Wear
Basingstoke and Deane	152,573		Hampshire
South Somerset	150,969		Somerset
Knowsley	150,459	Unitary	Merseyside
Wokingham	150,229	Unitary	Berkshire
Macclesfield	150,155		Cheshire

Over 125,000

District	Population	Type	County
Bedford	147,911		Bedfordshire
Kingston	147,273	London borough	Greater London
West Berkshire	144,483	Unitary	Berkshire
Thurrock	143,128	Unitary	Essex
Reading	143,096	Unitary	Berkshire
Blackpool	142,283	Unitary	Lancashire
Arun	140,759		West Sussex
Wealden	140,023		East Sussex
Redcar and Cleveland	139,132	Unitary	North Yorkshire
Maidstone	138,948		Kent
Poole	138,288	Unitary	Dorset
Blackburn with Darwen	137,470	Unitary	Lancashire
Dacorum	137,799		Hertfordshire
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	135,345		Norfolk
Canterbury	135,278		Kent
Middlesbrough	134,855	Unitary	North Yorkshire
Oxford	134,248		Oxfordshire
Lancaster	133,914		Lancashire
Windsor and Maidenhead	133,626	Unitary	Berkshire
Isle of Wight	132,731	Unitary	Isle of Wight
Braintree	132,179		Essex
Cherwell	131,785		Oxfordshire
East Lindsey	130,447		Lincolnshire
South Cambridgeshire	130,108		Cambridgeshire
Guildford	129,701		Surrey
Preston	129,633		Lancashire
Torbay	129,706	Unitary	Devon
St Albans	129,005		Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire	128,919		Hertfordshire
South Oxfordshire	128,188		Oxfordshire
Mid Sussex	127,378		West Sussex
Reigate and Banstead	126,523		Surrey
Thanet	126,702		Kent
North Wiltshire	125,372		Wiltshire
Warwick	125,931		Warwickshire
East Devon	125,520		Devon

Over 100,000

District	Population	Type	County
South Kesteven	124,792		Lincolnshire
Swale	122,801		Kent
Vale Royal	122,089		Cheshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme	122,030		Staffordshire
Horsham	122,088		West Sussex
Elmbridge	121,936		Surrey
Norwich	121,550		Norfolk
Breckland	121,418		Norfolk
Mid Bedfordshire	121,024		Bedfordshire
Teignbridge	120,958		Devon
Epping Forest	120,896		Essex
Nuneaton and Bedworth	119,132		Warwickshire
Slough	119,067	Unitary	Berkshire
Broadland	118,513		Norfolk
Chester	118,210		Cheshire
Halton	118,208	Unitary	Cheshire
West Wiltshire	118,150		Wiltshire
Ipswich	117,069		Suffolk
North Hertfordshire	116,908		Hertfordshire
Havant	116,849		Hampshire
Amber Valley	116,471		Derbyshire
Eastleigh	116,169		Hampshire
Waverley	115,665		Surrey
Vale of White Horse	115,627		Oxfordshire
Suffolk Coastal	115,141		Suffolk
Salisbury	114,613		Wiltshire
Wychavon	112,957		Worcestershire
South Bedfordshire	112,637		Bedfordshire
Waveney	112,342		Suffolk
Gedling	111,787		Nottinghamshire
Stratford-on-Avon	111,484		Warwickshire
Ashfield	111,387		Nottinghamshire
Exeter	111,076		Devon
Crewe and Nantwich	111,007		Cheshire
South Norfolk	110,710		Norfolk
Erewash	110,099		Derbyshire
Cheltenham	110,013		Gloucestershire
Gloucester	109,885		Gloucestershire
Test Valley	109,801		Hampshire
Bracknell Forest	109,617	Unitary	Bedfordshire
Sevenoaks	109,305		Kent
East Hampshire	109,274		Hampshire
Cambridge	108,863		Cambridgeshire
West Lancashire	108,378		Lancashire
Fareham	107,977		Hampshire
Stroud	107,898		Gloucestershire
Bassetlaw	107,713		Nottinghamshire
Broxtowe	107,570		Nottinghamshire
Tonbridge and Malling	107,561		Kent
Chichester	106,450		West Sussex
Newark and Sherwood	106,273		Nottinghamshire
Scarborough	106,243		North Yorkshire
Winchester	107,222		Hampshire
South Staffordshire	105,896		Staffordshire
Sedgemoor	105,881		Somerset
Wyre	105,618		Lancashire
Ruschliffe	105,599		Nottinghamshire
Dover	104,566		Kent
Tunbridge Wells	104,030		Kent
Mendip	103,869		Somerset
South Ribble	103,867		Lancashire
East Staffordshire	103,770		Staffordshire
Ashford	102,661		Kent
South Lakeland	102,301		Cumbria
Taunton Deane	102,299		Somerset
Carlisle	100,739		Cumbria
Chorley	100,449		Lancashire
Hinckley and Bosworth	100,141		Leicestershire

Over 75,000

District	Population	Type	County
Crawley	99,744		West Sussex
Chesterfield	98,845		Derbyshire
North Norfolk	98,382		Norfolk
St Edmundsbury	98,193		Suffolk
Mansfield	98,181		Nottinghamshire
Darlington	97,838	Unitary	Durham
Worthing	97,568		West Sussex
Welwyn Hatfield	97,553		Hertfordshire
North East Derbyshire	96,940		Derbyshire
Wyre Forest	96,981		Worcestershire
Shepway	96,238		Kent
Shrewsbury and Atcham	95,850		Shropshire
Gravesham	95,717		Kent
West Oxfordshire	95,640		Oxfordshire
Restormel	95,562		Cornwall
Staffordshire Moorlands	94,489		Staffordshire
Hertsmere	94,450		Hertfordshire
North Kesteven	94,024		Lincolnshire
Easington	93,993		Durham
Allerdale	93,492		Cumbria
Worcester	93,353		Worcestershire
Lichfield	93,232		Staffordshire
Kerrier	92,517		Cornwall
West Dorset	92,360		Dorset
Lewes	92,177		East Sussex
Cannock Chase	92,126		Staffordshire
Rushmoor	90,987		Hampshire
Great Yarmouth	90,810		Norfolk
Congleton	90,655		Cheshire
Spelthorne	90,390		Surrey
Blaby	90,252		Leicestershire
Woking	89,840		Surrey
Eastbourne	89,667		East Sussex
Burnley	89,542		Lancashire
High Peak	89,433		Derbyshire
Pendle	89,248		Lancashire
Chiltern	89,228		Buckinghamshire
Hastings	85,029		East Sussex
Hartlepool	88,611	Unitary	Durham
Carrick	87,865		Cornwall
Bromsgrove	87,837		Worcestershire
Durham	87,709		Durham
North Devon	87,508		Devon
Rugby	87,453		Warwickshire
Sedgefield	87,206		Durham
Broxbourne	87,054		Hertfordshire
Mid Suffolk	86,837		Suffolk
Castle Point	86,608		Essex
Dartford	85,911		Kent
Lincoln	85,595		Lincolnshire
North West Leicestershire	85,503		Leicestershire
Rother	85,428		East Sussex
Derwentside	85,074		Durham
Hambleton	84,111		North Yorkshire
East Dorset	83,786		Dorset
Fenland	83,519		Cambridgeshire
Hart	83,505		Hampshire
Babergh	83,461		Suffolk
Three Rivers	82,848		Hertfordshire
Ellesmere Port and Neston	81,672		Cheshire
South Hams	81,849		Devon
South Derbyshire	81,562		Derbyshire
Kettering	81,844		Northamptonshire
Hyndburn	81,496		Lancashire
North Cornwall	80,509		Cornwall
Cotswold	80,376		Gloucestershire
Surrey Heath	80,314		Surrey
Mole Valley	80,287		Surrey
Forest of Dean	79,982		Gloucestershire
Watford	79,726		Hertfordshire
Stevenage	79,715		Hertfordshire
Caradon	79,649		Cornwall
West Kesteven	79,515		Lincolnshire
South Northamptonshire	79,293		Northamptonshire
Tandridge	79,267		Surrey
Redditch	78,807		Worcestershire
Harlow	78,768		Essex
Tendring	78,489		Essex
Runnymede	78,033		Surrey
Harborough	76,559		Leicestershire
East Northamptonshire	76,550		Northamptonshire
South Holland	76,522		Lincolnshire
Selby	76,468		North Yorkshire
Gosport	76,415		Hampshire
Tewkesbury	76,405		Gloucestershire

Over 50,000

District	Population	Type	County
Kennet	74,838		Wiltshire
Tamworth	74,531		Staffordshire
Fylde	73,217		Lancashire
East Cambridgeshire	73,214		Cambridgeshire
Wellingborough	72,519		Northamptonshire
Malvern Hills	72,172		Worcestershire
Barrow-in-Furness	71,980		Cumbria
Daventry	71,838		Northamptonshire
Bolsover	71,766		Derbyshire
Mid Devon	69,774		Devon
Derbyshire Dales	69,469		Derbyshire
Copeland	69,318		Cumbria
Uttlesford	68,946		Essex
Brentwood	68,456		Essex
Epsom and Ewell	67,059		Surrey
Rossendale	65,652		Lancashire
Weymouth and Portland	63,648		Dorset
Penwith	63,012		Cornwall
South Buckinghamshire	61,945		Buckinghamshire
North Dorset	61,905		Dorset
North Warwickshire	61,860		Warwickshire
Wansbeck	61,138		Northumberland
Adur	59,627		West Sussex
Tynedale	58,808		Northumberland
Torridge	58,965		Devon
Maldon	59,418		Essex
North Shropshire	57,108		Shropshire
Oadby and Wigston	55,795		Leicestershire
Boston	55,750		Lincolnshire
Forest Heath	55,510		Suffolk
Ribble Valley	53,960		Lancashire
Chester-le-Street	53,692		Durham
Craven	53,620		North Yorkshire
Corby	53,174		Northamptonshire
Brignorth	52,497		Shropshire
Ryedale	50,872		North Yorkshire

Below 50,000

District	Population	Type	County
Eden	49,777		Cumbria
Castle Morpeth	49,001		Northumberland
West Devon	48,843		Devon
Melton	47,866		Leicestershire
Christchurch	44,865		Dorset
Purbeck	44,416		Dorset
Richmondshire	47,010		North Yorkshire
South Shropshire	40,410		Shropshire
Oswestry	37,308		Shropshire
West Somerset	35,075		Somerset
Rutland	34,563	Unitary	Rutland
Alnwick	31,029		Northumberland
Berwick upon Tweed	25,949		Northumberland
Teesdale	24,457		Durham
City of London	7,185	Unitary, City	Greater London
Isles of Scilly	2,153	Unitary	Cornwall