List of English districts by population density

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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

Rank District Density
(per km²)		 Type of district Ceremonial county
305 Shropshire 97 Unitary authority Shropshire
306 Copeland 95 Borough Cumbria
307 South Hams 95 Devon
308 West Dorset 93 Dorset
309 Derbyshire Dales 90 Derbyshire
310 Mid Devon 87 Devon
311 North Devon 87 Devon
312 Herefordshire 86 Unitary authority Herefordshire
313 West Lindsey 79 Lincolnshire
314 Allerdale 78 Borough Cumbria
315 East Lindsey 78 Lincolnshire
316 Cotswold 73 Gloucestershire
317 Hambleton 69 North Yorkshire
318 South Lakeland 67 Cumbria
319 Torridge 67 Devon
320 Northumberland 63 Unitary authority Northumberland
321 Craven 47 North Yorkshire
322 West Devon 47 Borough Devon
323 West Somerset 47 Somerset
324 Richmondshire 40 North Yorkshire
325 Ryedale 35 North Yorkshire
326 Eden 25 Cumbria

See also

References

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