This is a list of
districts of England ordered by population density - midyear population estimates for
2005.
Over 10,000 / km²
| Rank | District | Density
(per km²) | Type of district | Ceremonial county |
|---|
| 1 | Kensington and Chelsea | 16,175 | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
| 2 | Islington | 12,288 | London borough | Greater London |
| 3 | Westminster | 11,378 | London borough, City (1540) | Greater London |
| 4 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 10,970 | London borough | Greater London |
| 5 | Hackney | 10,897 | London borough | Greater London |
| 6 | Tower Hamlets | 10,784 | London borough | Greater London |
| 7 | Camden | 10,372 | London borough | Greater London |
| 8 | Lambeth | 10,034 | London borough | Greater London |
1,000 - 10,000 / km²
| Rank | District | Density
(per km²) | Type of district | Ceremonial county |
|---|
| 9 | Southwark | 8,932 | London borough | Greater London |
| 10 | Wandsworth | 8,214 | London borough | Greater London |
| 11 | Haringey | 7,587 | London borough | Greater London |
| 12 | Lewisham | 7,041 | London borough | Greater London |
| 13 | Newham | 6,797 | London borough | Greater London |
| 14 | Brent | 6,247 | London borough | Greater London |
| 15 | Waltham Forest | 5,773 | London borough | Greater London |
| 16 | Ealing | 5,435 | London borough | Greater London |
| 17 | Merton | 5,177 | London borough | Greater London |
| 18 | Greenwich | 4,817 | London borough | Greater London |
| 19 | Portsmouth | 4,711 | Unitary, City (1926) | Hampshire |
| 20 | Barking and Dagenham | 4,558 | London borough | Greater London |
| 21 | Redbridge | 4,458 | London borough | Greater London |
| 22 | Southampton | 4,454 | Unitary, City (1964) | Hampshire |
| 23 | Luton | 4,265 | Unitary, Borough | Bedfordshire |
| 24 | Harrow | 4,240 | London borough | Greater London |
| 25 | Kingston upon Thames | 4,107 | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
| 26 | Blackpool | 4,092 | Unitary, Borough | Lancashire |
| 27 | Sutton | 4,052 | London borough | Greater London |
| 28 | Liverpool | 4,001 | Metropolitan borough, City (1880) | Merseyside |
| 29 | Croydon | 3,961 | London borough | Greater London |
| 30 | Leicester | 3,928 | Unitary, City (1919) | Leicestershire |
| 31 | Manchester | 3,815 | Metropolitan borough, City (1853) | Greater Manchester |
| 32 | Southend-on-Sea | 3,815 | Unitary, Borough | Essex |
| 33 | Barnet | 3,801 | London borough | Greater London |
| 34 | Hounslow | 3,796 | London borough | Greater London |
| 35 | Birmingham | 3,739 | Metropolitan borough, City (1889) | West Midlands |
| 36 | Nottingham | 3,735 | Unitary, City (1897) | Nottinghamshire |
| 37 | Watford | 3,700 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 38 | Bristol | 3,639 | Unitary, City (1542) | Bristol |
| 39 | Bexley | 3,638 | London borough | Greater London |
| 40 | Slough | 3,611 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire |
| 41 | Reading | 3,592 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire |
| 42 | Bournemouth | 3,543 | Unitary, Borough | Dorset |
| 43 | Hull | 3,486 | Unitary, City (1299) | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| 44 | Wolverhampton | 3,450 | Metropolitan borough, City (2000) | West Midlands |
| 45 | Enfield | 3,412 | London borough | Greater London |
| 46 | Sandwell | 3,345 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| 47 | Oxford | 3,286 | City (1542) | Oxfordshire |
| 48 | Norwich | 3,270 | City (1195) | Norfolk |
| 49 | Richmond upon Thames | 3,245 | London borough | Greater London |
| 50 | City of London | 3,172 | Unitary, City | City of London |
| 51 | Dudley | 3,120 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| 52 | Plymouth | 3,085 | Unitary, City (1928) | Devon |
| 53 | Brighton & Hove | 3,085 | Unitary, City (2000) | East Sussex |
| 54 | Coventry | 3,084 | Metropolitan borough, City (1345) | West Midlands |
| 55 | Gosport | 3,057 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 56 | Cambridge | 3,047 | City (1951) | Cambridgeshire |
| 57 | Stevenage | 3,043 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 58 | Worthing | 3,020 | Borough | West Sussex |
| 59 | Ipswich | 2,998 | Borough | Suffolk |
| 60 | Derby | 2,995 | Unitary, City (1977) | Derbyshire |
| 61 | Hastings | 2,847 | Borough | East Sussex |
| 62 | Worcester | 2,834 | City (1189) | Worcestershire |
| 63 | Gloucester | 2,745 | City | Gloucestershire |
| 64 | Middlesbrough | 2,554 | Unitary, Borough | North Yorkshire |
| 65 | Stoke-on-Trent | 2,550 | Unitary, City (1925) | Staffordshire |
| 66 | Harlow | 2,544 | District | Essex |
| 67 | Exeter | 2,501 | City | Devon |
| 68 | Walsall | 2,439 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| 69 | Lincoln | 2,438 | City | Lincolnshire |
| 70 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 2,437 | Metropolitan borough, City (1882) | Tyne and Wear |
| 71 | Northampton | 2,415 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| 72 | Tamworth | 2,405 | Borough | Staffordshire |
| 73 | Cheltenham | 2,396 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
| 74 | Oadby and Wigston | 2,381 | Borough | Leicestershire |
| 75 | South Tyneside | 2,349 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| 76 | North Tyneside | 2,334 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| 77 | Rushmoor | 2,285 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 78 | Stockport | 2,234 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 79 | Salford | 2,227 | Metropolitan borough, City (1926) | Greater Manchester |
| 80 | Crawley | 2,190 | Borough | West Sussex |
| 81 | Hillingdon | 2,182 | London borough | Greater London |
| 82 | Poole | 2,113 | Unitary, Borough | Dorset |
| 83 | Torbay | 2,112 | Unitary, Borough | Devon |
| 84 | Eastbourne | 2,104 | Borough | East Sussex |
| 85 | Havant | 2,084 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 86 | Tameside | 2,075 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 87 | Sunderland | 2,064 | Metropolitan borough, City (1992) | Tyne and Wear |
| 88 | Havering | 2,015 | London borough | Greater London |
| 89 | Bromley | 2,011 | London borough | Greater London |
| 90 | Epsom and Ewell | 2,011 | Borough | Surrey |
| 91 | Trafford | 2,011 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 92 | Wirral | 1,994 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| 93 | Castle Point | 1,930 | Borough | Essex |
| 94 | Bolton | 1,898 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 95 | Bury | 1,845 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 96 | Sefton | 1,834 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| 97 | Spelthorne | 1,730 | Borough | Surrey |
| 98 | Knowsley | 1,728 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| 99 | Broxbourne | 1,680 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 100 | Wigan | 1,630 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 101 | Weymouth and Portland | 1,547 | Borough | Dorset |
| 102 | Oldham | 1,540 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 103 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1,529 | Borough | Warwickshire |
| 104 | Basildon | 1,518 | District | Essex |
| 105 | Chesterfield | 1,514 | Borough | Derbyshire |
| 106 | Halton | 1,502 | Unitary, Borough | Cheshire |
| 107 | Redditch | 1,467 | Borough | Worcestershire |
| 108 | Eastleigh | 1,462 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 109 | Fareham | 1,461 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 110 | Woking | 1,423 | Borough | Surrey |
| 111 | Sheffield | 1,415 | Metropolitan borough, City (1893) | South Yorkshire |
| 112 | Adur | 1,414 | District | West Sussex |
| 113 | Broxtowe | 1,362 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| 114 | Elmbridge | 1,353 | Borough | Surrey |
| 115 | Gateshead | 1,345 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| 116 | Bradford | 1,324 | Metropolitan borough, City (1897) | West Yorkshire |
| 117 | Leeds | 1,311 | Metropolitan borough, City (1893) | West Yorkshire |
| 118 | Medway | 1,308 | Unitary, Borough | Kent |
| 119 | Rochdale | 1,306 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| 120 | St Helens | 1,293 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| 121 | Mansfield | 1,290 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 122 | Thanet | 1,240 | District | Kent |
| 123 | Dartford | 1,201 | Borough | Kent |
| 124 | Cannock Chase | 1,182 | District | Staffordshire |
| 125 | Blyth Valley | 1,160 | Borough | Northumberland |
| 126 | Solihull | 1,127 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| 127 | Hyndburn | 1,118 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 128 | Warrington | 1,078 | Unitary, Borough | Cheshire |
| 129 | Ashfield | 1,041 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 130 | Blackburn with Darwen | 1,023 | Unitary, Borough | Lancashire |
| 131 | Runnymede | 1,020 | Borough | Surrey |
| 132 | Bracknell Forest | 1,017 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire |
| 133 | Erewash | 1,002 | Borough | Derbyshire |
100 - 1000 / km²
| Rank | District | Density
(per km²) | Type of district | Ceremonial county |
|---|
| 134 | Reigate and Banstead | 985 | Borough | Surrey |
| 135 | Kirklees | 966 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| 136 | Gravesham | 961 | Borough | Kent |
| 137 | Hartlepool | 959 | Unitary, Borough | Durham |
| 138 | Three Rivers | 953 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 139 | Wakefield | 947 | Metropolitan borough, City (1888) | West Yorkshire |
| 140 | South Ribble | 937 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 141 | Hertsmere | 928 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 142 | Gedling | 927 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| 143 | Wansbeck | 924 | District | Northumberland |
| 144 | Preston | 923 | City (2002) | Lancashire |
| 145 | Stockton-on-Tees | 916 | Unitary, Borough | Durham and North Yorkshire |
| 146 | Ellesmere Port and Neston | 912 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 147 | Barrow-in-Furness | 900 | Borough | Cumbria |
| 148 | Thurrock | 897 | Unitary, Borough | Essex |
| 149 | Christchurch | 895 | Borough | Dorset |
| 150 | Rotherham | 884 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| 151 | Wokingham | 858 | Unitary, District | Berkshire |
| 152 | Surrey Heath | 857 | Borough | Surrey |
| 153 | St Albans | 828 | City (1877) | Hertfordshire |
| 154 | North East Lincolnshire | 821 | Unitary, Borough | Lincolnshire |
| 155 | Swindon | 800 | Unitary, Borough | Wiltshire |
| 156 | Burnley | 792 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 157 | Chester-le-Street | 787 | District | Durham |
| 158 | Welwyn Hatfield | 776 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 159 | Milton Keynes | 708 | Unitary, Borough | Buckinghamshire |
| 160 | Blaby | 701 | District | Leicestershire |
| 161 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 698 | Unitary, Royal Borough | Berkshire |
| 162 | York | 687 | Unitary, City | North Yorkshire |
| 163 | Barnsley | 675 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| 164 | Corby | 666 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| 165 | Arun | 654 | District | West Sussex |
| 166 | Dacorum | 652 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| 167 | Easington | 645 | District | Durham |
| 168 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 585 | Borough | Staffordshire |
| 169 | Charnwood | 574 | Borough | Leicestershire |
| 170 | Redcar and Cleveland | 566 | Unitary, Borough | North Yorkshire |
| 171 | Telford and Wrekin | 557 | Unitary, Borough | Shropshire |
| 172 | South Bedfordshire | 542 | District | Bedfordshire |
| 173 | Calderdale | 537 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| 174 | Great Yarmouth | 532 | Borough | Norfolk |
| 175 | Pendle | 527 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 176 | North Somerset | 521 | Unitary, District | Somerset |
| 177 | Chorley | 511 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 178 | Doncaster | 510 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| 179 | Wyre Forest | 504 | District | Worcestershire |
| 180 | Darlington | 502 | Unitary, Borough | Durham |
| 181 | South Gloucestershire | 499 | Unitary, District | Gloucestershire |
| 182 | Warwick | 496 | District | Warwickshire |
| 183 | Bath and North East Somerset | 495 | Unitary, District | Somerset |
| 184 | Durham | 494 | City | Durham |
| 185 | Wycombe | 494 | District | Buckinghamshire |
| 186 | Colchester | 490 | Borough | Essex |
| 187 | Guildford | 488 | Borough | Surrey |
| 188 | Rossendale | 478 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 189 | Chelmsford | 471 | Borough | Essex |
| 190 | Rochford | 469 | District | Essex |
| 191 | Tonbridge and Malling | 468 | Borough | Kent |
| 192 | Canterbury | 465 | City | Kent |
| 193 | Peterborough | 465 | Unitary, City (1541) | Cambridgeshire |
| 194 | Brentwood | 463 | Borough | Essex |
| 195 | Fylde | 462 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 196 | Chiltern | 457 | District | Buckinghamshire |
| 197 | Bolsover | 457 | District | Derbyshire |
| 198 | Wellingborough | 453 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| 199 | South Bucks | 449 | District | Buckinghamshire |
| 200 | Amber Valley | 447 | Borough | Derbyshire |
| 201 | Congleton | 435 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 202 | Bromsgrove | 422 | District | Worcestershire |
| 203 | Tendring | 420 | District | Essex |
| 204 | Hart | 408 | District | Hampshire |
| 205 | Sedgefield | 404 | Borough | Durham |
| 206 | Wyre | 389 | Borough | Lancashire |
| 207 | Mid Sussex | 386 | District | West Sussex |
| 208 | Kettering | 368 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| 209 | Isle of Wight | 368 | Unitary, County | Isle of Wight |
| 210 | Maidstone | 365 | Borough | Kent |
| 211 | Epping Forest (district) | 360 | District | Essex |
| 212 | North East Derbyshire | 353 | District | Derbyshire |
| 213 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 346 | Borough | Leicestershire |
| 214 | Swale | 340 | Borough | Kent |
| 215 | Waverley | 338 | Borough | Surrey |
| 216 | Dover | 337 | District | Kent |
| 217 | Vale Royal | 328 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 218 | North Hertfordshire | 322 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 219 | Bedford | 321 | Borough | Bedfordshire |
| 220 | Tunbridge Wells | 321 | Borough | Kent |
| 221 | Tandridge | 320 | District | Surrey |
| 222 | Lewes | 320 | District | East Sussex |
| 223 | Derwentside | 319 | District | Durham |
| 224 | North West Leicestershire | 318 | District | Leicestershire |
| 225 | West Lancashire | 316 | District | Lancashire |
| 226 | Mole Valley | 314 | District | Surrey |
| 227 | Waveney | 310 | District | Suffolk |
| 228 | Sevenoaks | 300 | District | Kent |
| 229 | Lichfield | 288 | District | Staffordshire |
| 230 | Macclesfield | 287 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 231 | Shepway | 279 | District | Kent |
| 232 | East Hertfordshire | 277 | District | Hertfordshire |
| 233 | East Staffordshire | 274 | Borough | Staffordshire |
| 234 | Chester | 265 | City | Cheshire |
| 235 | Crewe and Nantwich | 264 | Borough | Cheshire |
| 236 | Rushcliffe | 263 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| 237 | South Derbyshire | 259 | District | Derbyshire |
| 238 | Rugby | 259 | Borough | Warwickshire |
| 239 | South Staffordshire | 259 | District | Staffordshire |
| 240 | Mid Bedfordshire | 257 | District | Bedfordshire |
| 241 | Basingstoke and Deane | 248 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 242 | East Dorset | 240 | District | Dorset |
| 243 | West Wiltshire | 240 | District | Wiltshire |
| 244 | Lancaster | 240 | City (1937) | Lancashire |
| 245 | Stroud | 239 | District | Gloucestershire |
| 246 | Horsham | 237 | District | West Sussex |
| 247 | Taunton Deane | 231 | Borough | Somerset |
| 248 | New Forest | 228 | District | Hampshire |
| 249 | Cherwell | 228 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 250 | Braintree | 225 | District | Essex |
| 251 | Restormel | 222 | Borough | Cornwall |
| 252 | Broadland | 219 | District | Norfolk |
| 253 | North Warwickshire | 219 | Borough | Warwickshire |
| 254 | East Hampshire | 216 | District | Hampshire |
| 255 | Penwith | 211 | District | Cornwall |
| 256 | West Berkshire | 208 | Unitary, District | Berkshire |
| 257 | Stafford | 207 | District | Staffordshire |
| 258 | Kerrier | 203 | District | Cornwall |
| 259 | Vale of White Horse | 202 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 260 | Carrick | 197 | District | Cornwall |
| 261 | Sedgemoor | 195 | District | Somerset |
| 262 | Ashford | 189 | Borough | Kent |
| 263 | Tewkesbury | 189 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
| 264 | South Oxfordshire | 189 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 265 | Aylesbury Vale | 186 | District | Buckinghamshire |
| 266 | North Lincolnshire | 186 | Unitary, Borough | Lincolnshire |
| 267 | Teignbridge | 185 | District | Devon |
| 268 | Test Valley | 179 | Borough | Hampshire |
| 269 | Huntingdonshire | 178 | District | Cambridgeshire |
| 270 | Wychavon | 176 | District | Worcestershire |
| 271 | Bassetlaw | 174 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 272 | Winchester | 170 | City | Hampshire |
| 273 | Newark and Sherwood | 170 | District | Nottinghamshire |
| 274 | Maldon | 169 | District | Essex |
| 275 | Wealden | 169 | District | East Sussex |
| 276 | High Peak | 169 | Borough | Derbyshire |
| 277 | North Wiltshire | 169 | District | Wiltshire |
| 278 | Rother | 168 | District | East Sussex |
| 279 | Forest Heath | 167 | District | Suffolk |
| 280 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 164 | District | Staffordshire |
| 281 | South Somerset | 163 | District | Somerset |
| 282 | Boston | 160 | Borough | Lincolnshire |
| 283 | Shrewsbury and Atcham | 160 | Borough | Shropshire |
| 284 | East Northamptonshire | 160 | District | Northamptonshire |
| 285 | Fenland | 160 | District | Cambridgeshire |
| 286 | East Devon | 159 | District | Devon |
| 287 | St Edmundsbury | 154 | Borough | Suffolk |
| 288 | Forest of Dean | 154 | District | Gloucestershire |
| 289 | Oswestry | 153 | Borough | Shropshire |
| 290 | South Cambridgeshire | 152 | District | Cambridgeshire |
| 291 | Mendip | 145 | District | Somerset |
| 292 | Babergh | 143 | District | Suffolk |
| 293 | Chichester | 139 | District | West Sussex |
| 294 | West Oxfordshire | 137 | District | Oxfordshire |
| 295 | South Kesteven | 136 | District | Lincolnshire |
| 296 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 136 | Unitary, District | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| 297 | Harborough | 136 | District | Leicestershire |
| 298 | South Northamptonshire | 136 | District | Northamptonshire |
| 299 | Suffolk Coastal | 134 | District | Suffolk |
| 300 | Scarborough | 131 | Borough | North Yorkshire |
| 301 | Malvern Hills | 130 | District | Worcestershire |
| 302 | Selby | 129 | District | North Yorkshire |
| 303 | Isles of Scilly | 129 | Unitary | Cornwall |
| 304 | South Norfolk | 127 | District | Norfolk |
| 305 | Caradon | 124 | District | Cornwall |
| 306 | Wear Valley | 123 | District | Durham |
| 307 | Stratford-on-Avon | 122 | District | Warwickshire |
| 308 | East Cambridgeshire | 121 | District | Cambridgeshire |
| 309 | Harrogate | 119 | District | North Yorkshire |
| 310 | Salisbury | 115 | District | Wiltshire |
| 311 | Daventry | 114 | District | Northamptonshire |
| 312 | Purbeck | 112 | District | Dorset |
| 313 | Uttlesford | 111 | District | Essex |
| 314 | North Kesteven | 110 | District | Lincolnshire |
| 315 | South Holland | 109 | District | Lincolnshire |
| 316 | North Dorset | 107 | District | Dorset |
| 317 | North Norfolk | 104 | District | Norfolk |
| 318 | Mid Suffolk | 103 | District | Suffolk |
| 319 | Carlisle | 101 | City | Cumbria |
| 320 | Melton | 100 | Borough | Leicestershire |
Less than 100 / km²
See also
★
List of English districts by population
★
List of English districts by area
★
List of English districts by ethnic diversity
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