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Counties and Unitary Districts

The population of all counties and unitary districts in the East of England.

NameStatusPopulation
census
1991-04-05
Population
census
2001-04-29
 
BedfordshireCounty352,434381,572
CambridgeshireCounty492,277552,658
EssexCounty1,241,0781,310,835
HertfordshireCounty977,6651,033,977
LutonUnitary District171,671184,371
NorfolkCounty745,613796,728
PeterboroughUnitary District152,829156,061
Southend-on-SeaUnitary District158,517160,257
SuffolkCounty636,285668,553
ThurrockUnitary District127,815143,128
East of EnglandRegion5,056,1845,388,140

Contents: Urban Areas

All urban areas in the East of England with 1500 inhabitants or more.

Name StatusCounty/DistrictAgglomerationPopulation
census
1991-04-05
Population
census
2001-04-29
 
AbridgeUrban AreaEssex...1,500
AcleUrban AreaNorfolk2,2082,230
ActonUrban AreaSuffolk...1,635
AldeburghUrban AreaSuffolk2,6542,654
Alresford (Tendring)Urban AreaEssex2,1412,125
AmpthillUrban AreaBedfordshireFlitwick / Ampthill6,2306,767
ArleseyUrban AreaBedfordshire4,3744,741
AshwellUrban AreaHertfordshire1,6291,660
AttleboroughUrban AreaNorfolk6,5309,603
AveleyUrban AreaThurrock7,2957,486
AylshamUrban AreaNorfolk4,9105,504
BaldockUrban AreaHertfordshireLetchworth / Baldock9,2329,866
BalshamUrban AreaCambridgeshire...1,641
Bar HillUrban AreaCambridgeshire4,3974,233
Barton in the ClayUrban AreaBedfordshire3,4884,793
BasildonUrban AreaEssexBasildon / North Benfleet100,92499,876
BassingbournUrban AreaCambridgeshire3,4002,462
BecclesUrban AreaSuffolk10,33712,917
BedfordUrban AreaBedfordshireBedford / Kempston73,91782,488
Beeston RegisUrban AreaNorfolk...1,892
Belton (Great Yarmouth)Urban AreaNorfolk4,6254,398
BenfleetUrban AreaEssexSouthend49,70148,539
Bentwaters AirfieldUrban AreaSuffolk...1,516
BerkhamstedUrban AreaHertfordshire18,04418,800
BicknacreUrban AreaEssex2,4522,326
BiggleswadeUrban AreaBedfordshire12,35015,383
BillericayUrban AreaEssex33,37733,687
Bishop's StortfordUrban AreaHertfordshire28,40335,325
Bluntisham / ColneUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,4042,760
BorehamUrban AreaEssex3,1703,188
BorehamwoodUrban AreaHertfordshire29,83731,172
BotesdaleUrban AreaSuffolk1,3001,704
BottishamUrban AreaCambridgeshire1,7841,983
BovingdonUrban AreaHertfordshire3,4644,596
BraintreeUrban AreaEssex33,22942,393
BramfordUrban AreaSuffolk1,9941,858
Brampton (Huntingdonshire)Urban AreaCambridgeshire4,6735,030
Brandon (Forest Heath)Urban AreaSuffolk7,8048,256
BranthamUrban AreaSuffolk2,2922,385
BrentwoodUrban AreaEssex49,46347,593
BrightlingseaUrban AreaEssex7,4418,146
BristonUrban AreaNorfolk2,1841,757
BromhamUrban AreaBedfordshire3,9094,599
Brookmans ParkUrban AreaHertfordshire3,3153,854
BrundallUrban AreaNorfolk6,0765,832
BuckdenUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,5342,385
BungayUrban AreaSuffolk3,3934,895
BuntingfordUrban AreaHertfordshire4,3764,820
Burnham-on-CrouchUrban AreaEssex7,0677,636
BurwellUrban AreaCambridgeshire4,6285,833
Bury St EdmundsUrban AreaSuffolkBury St Edmunds / Fornham All Saints31,23736,218
BusheyUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London16,48817,001
CaddingtonUrban AreaBedfordshire3,6793,100
Caister-on-SeaUrban AreaNorfolkGreat Yarmouth8,0708,756
Cambridge ( / Milton)Urban AreaCambridgeshireCambridge99,494117,717
Canvey IslandUrban AreaEssex36,40637,479
Capel St MaryUrban AreaSuffolk3,1762,876
ChatterisUrban AreaCambridgeshire7,2618,466
ChelmsfordUrban AreaEssex97,45199,962
CheshuntUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London51,99855,275
ChigwellUrban AreaEssexGreater London10,33210,128
Chipping OngarUrban AreaEssex5,9745,923
ChorleywoodUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London9,02511,657
Clacton-on-SeaUrban AreaEssexClacton-on-Sea / Little Clacton45,06551,284
Clapham (Bedford)Urban AreaBedfordshire3,5013,643
ClareUrban AreaSuffolk1,9761,975
ClaydonUrban AreaSuffolk3,2853,896
ClenchwartonUrban AreaNorfolk2,1561,997
ClophillUrban AreaBedfordshire2,3721,882
Coates / EastreaUrban AreaCambridgeshire1,8332,101
CoggeshallUrban AreaEssex3,9273,919
ColchesterUrban AreaEssex96,063104,390
ColtishallUrban AreaNorfolk1,9922,161
Coltishall AirfieldUrban AreaNorfolk...2,003
CombertonUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,3112,189
CostesseyUrban AreaNorfolkNorwich2,2032,329
CottenhamUrban AreaCambridgeshire4,4865,478
CranfieldUrban AreaBedfordshire4,1424,802
CringlefordUrban AreaNorfolkNorwich2,1902,059
CromerUrban AreaNorfolk7,2678,836
CuffleyUrban AreaHertfordshire4,8874,306
Danbury / Little BaddowUrban AreaEssex6,9286,315
DebenhamUrban AreaSuffolk1,7771,728
DersinghamUrban AreaNorfolk3,7614,502
DissUrban AreaNorfolkDiss / Roydon6,5387,444
DitchinghamUrban AreaNorfolk1,9511,709
DoddinghurstUrban AreaEssex3,8394,451
Doddington / WimblingtonUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,8103,165
Downham MarketUrban AreaNorfolkDownham Market / Denver5,8416,730
DunstableUrban AreaBedfordshireLuton / Dunstable49,66650,775
DuxfordUrban AreaCambridgeshire1,8481,836
EarithUrban AreaCambridgeshire...1,677
Earls ColneUrban AreaEssex3,4203,504
East BergholtUrban AreaSuffolk...1,597
East DerehamUrban AreaNorfolk12,97417,779
East HarlingUrban AreaNorfolk1,9232,092
Eaton BrayUrban AreaBedfordshire4,0424,139
Eaton SoconUrban AreaCambridgeshireEaton Socon / St.Neots12,37012,435
Elmstead MarketUrban AreaEssex1,8861,682
ElmswellUrban AreaSuffolk2,7603,168
ElsenhamUrban AreaEssex...2,252
ElstreeUrban AreaHertfordshire2,1961,795
ElyUrban AreaCambridgeshire10,32913,954
EmnethUrban AreaNorfolkWisbech / Emneth...2,208
EppingUrban AreaEssex9,9229,889
ExningUrban AreaSuffolkNewmarket / Exning1,9321,651
EyeUrban AreaPeterborough3,0102,812
Eye (Mid Suffolk)Urban AreaSuffolk1,7411,716
FakenhamUrban AreaNorfolk6,4717,730
FelixstoweUrban AreaSuffolk28,60629,349
FeltwellUrban AreaNorfolk2,9312,490
FenstantonUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,3752,298
FlitwickUrban AreaBedfordshireFlitwick / Ampthill11,06312,700
FordhamUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,2062,323
FramlinghamUrban AreaSuffolk2,6972,839
Frinton and WaltonUrban AreaEssex15,04316,572
FulbournUrban AreaCambridgeshireCambridge3,8963,644
GamlingayUrban AreaCambridgeshire3,3912,958
GirtonUrban AreaCambridgeshireCambridge3,2153,752
GlemsfordUrban AreaSuffolk3,2123,286
GlintonUrban AreaPeterborough1,6631,752
GodmanchesterUrban AreaCambridgeshire5,2435,835
GraysUrban AreaThurrockGrays / Tilbury50,14564,173
Great and Little WakeringUrban AreaEssex5,1545,248
Great BarfordUrban AreaBedfordshire1,7541,864
Great BartonUrban AreaSuffolk...1,512
Great BentleyUrban AreaEssex...1,613
Great DunmowUrban AreaEssex4,9075,943
Great HorkesleyUrban AreaEssex...1,813
Great ShelfordUrban AreaCambridgeshireCambridge6,5226,352
Great YarmouthUrban AreaNorfolkGreat Yarmouth56,19058,032
Great YeldhamUrban AreaEssex1,5131,601
Greenfield / FlittonUrban AreaBedfordshire...1,529
Haddenham (East Cambridgeshire)Urban AreaCambridgeshire2,5562,802
HadleighUrban AreaSuffolk6,5957,124
HalesworthUrban AreaSuffolk4,5755,454
Halstead (Braintree)Urban AreaEssex9,77511,053
HardwickUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,4612,630
HarlestonUrban AreaNorfolk3,7173,899
HarlingtonUrban AreaBedfordshire2,3002,322
Harlow / SawbridgeworthUrban AreaEssex84,06188,296
Harmer Green / TewinUrban AreaHertfordshireWelwyn3,3653,300
HarpendenUrban AreaHertfordshire28,09728,452
HarstonUrban AreaCambridgeshire...1,692
HarwichUrban AreaEssex18,43620,130
HaslingfieldUrban AreaCambridgeshire...1,550
HatfieldUrban AreaHertfordshireSt Albans / Hatfield31,10432,281
Hatfield HeathUrban AreaEssex...1,514
Hatfield PeverelUrban AreaEssex3,4053,258
HaverhillUrban AreaSuffolk19,08622,010
HeachamUrban AreaNorfolkHunstanton / Heacham4,0644,611
Hemel HempsteadUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London79,23583,118
Hemingford GreyUrban AreaCambridgeshireSt Ives2,4203,094
HemsbyUrban AreaNorfolk5,1095,325
Henlow / SheffordUrban AreaBedfordshire11,39112,052
Herongate / IngraveUrban AreaEssex2,1151,698
HertfordUrban AreaHertfordshireHertford / Ware21,66524,460
HethersettUrban AreaNorfolk4,2234,019
HinghamUrban AreaNorfolk1,9951,920
HistonUrban AreaCambridgeshire7,2007,427
HitchinUrban AreaHertfordshire32,22133,352
HockleyUrban AreaEssexSouthend14,53813,616
HoddesdonUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London36,88335,235
Holt (North Norfolk)Urban AreaNorfolk2,9723,550
Hopton-on-SeaUrban AreaNorfolk1,8852,280
Horndon on the HillUrban AreaThurrock...1,612
HorsfordUrban AreaNorfolk2,2553,608
HullbridgeUrban AreaEssex6,6306,050
HunstantonUrban AreaNorfolkHunstanton / Heacham4,6344,505
HuntingdonUrban AreaCambridgeshire15,57520,600
IngatestoneUrban AreaEssex6,0024,439
IpswichUrban AreaSuffolkIpswich130,157138,718
IslehamUrban AreaCambridgeshire1,9532,202
IxworthUrban AreaSuffolk2,0112,233
JaywickUrban AreaEssex4,1464,665
KedingtonUrban AreaSuffolk1,7801,815
KelvedonUrban AreaEssex4,4224,593
Kelvedon HatchUrban AreaEssex2,7382,425
KempstonUrban AreaBedfordshireBedford / Kempston18,23319,440
KensworthUrban AreaBedfordshire...1,504
KessinglandUrban AreaSuffolk3,1674,211
Kings LangleyUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London8,1447,072
King's LynnUrban AreaNorfolk41,28140,921
KnebworthUrban AreaHertfordshire4,0254,077
LakenheathUrban AreaSuffolk9,2268,403
LangfordUrban AreaBedfordshire2,7602,882
Layer-de-la-HayeUrban AreaEssex1,8111,767
Leighton BuzzardUrban AreaBedfordshire32,61032,753
LeistonUrban AreaSuffolk5,9505,416
LetchworthUrban AreaHertfordshireLetchworth / Baldock31,41832,932
LinfordUrban AreaThurrock5,4485,691
LingwoodUrban AreaNorfolk2,0272,374
LintonUrban AreaCambridgeshire3,9594,298
Little AmwellUrban AreaHertfordshire2,2182,549
Little ClactonUrban AreaEssexClacton-on-Sea / Little Clacton...2,764
Little PaxtonUrban AreaCambridgeshire3,2023,006
LittleportUrban AreaCambridgeshire5,7806,727
LoddonUrban AreaNorfolk2,9013,455
Long MelfordUrban AreaSuffolk2,8082,734
Long StrattonUrban AreaNorfolk2,9453,641
LoughtonUrban AreaEssexGreater London39,55341,078
LowestoftUrban AreaSuffolk62,90768,340
LutonUrban AreaLutonLuton / Dunstable171,671185,543
MaldonUrban AreaEssex15,84120,731
ManeaUrban AreaCambridgeshire1,1861,579
ManningtreeUrban AreaEssex5,0435,628
Maple CrossUrban AreaHertfordshire2,0522,228
MarchUrban AreaCambridgeshire16,22118,040
Marham AirfieldUrban AreaNorfolk2,2542,275
Marks TeyUrban AreaEssex3,5933,599
MarkyateUrban AreaHertfordshire2,8662,764
Marston MoretaineUrban AreaBedfordshire1,9463,041
MarthamUrban AreaNorfolk2,9173,022
Martlesham HeathUrban AreaSuffolkIpswich3,1132,940
MattishallUrban AreaNorfolk2,4992,375
MauldenUrban AreaBedfordshire...2,256
MaylandseaUrban AreaEssex3,3623,604
MelbournUrban AreaCambridgeshire4,0064,298
MeldrethUrban AreaCambridgeshire...1,641
MeppershallUrban AreaBedfordshire...1,549
MildenhallUrban AreaSuffolkMildenhall / Barton Mills10,46811,284
MistleyUrban AreaEssex1,8081,684
MulbartonUrban AreaNorfolk2,7922,643
MundesleyUrban AreaNorfolk2,2112,695
MundfordUrban AreaNorfolk...1,591
NectonUrban AreaNorfolk1,8191,723
Needham MarketUrban AreaSuffolk4,3124,574
NeedingworthUrban AreaCambridgeshire1,8082,237
NewmarketUrban AreaSuffolkNewmarket / Exning16,49816,947
Newport (Uttlesford)Urban AreaEssex2,1782,208
North BenfleetUrban AreaEssexBasildon / North Benfleet1,9891,616
North Elmham / Swanton Morley AirfieldUrban AreaNorfolk...2,050
North WalshamUrban AreaNorfolk9,53411,845
North Weald BassettUrban AreaEssex4,2794,461
NorwichUrban AreaNorfolkNorwich171,304174,047
Oakington / LongstantonUrban AreaCambridgeshire3,1662,997
Oakley (Bedford)Urban AreaBedfordshire2,3752,438
Ormesby St MargaretUrban AreaNorfolk2,7292,875
OutwellUrban AreaNorfolk1,6833,248
OverUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,4362,743
Papworth EverardUrban AreaCambridgeshire...2,012
PeterboroughUrban AreaPeterborough134,788136,292
PoringlandUrban AreaNorfolk4,6844,573
Potters BarUrban AreaHertfordshire22,41422,008
PottonUrban AreaBedfordshire4,2304,473
RadlettUrban AreaHertfordshire7,6198,034
Ramsden HeathUrban AreaEssex2,1101,665
RamseyUrban AreaCambridgeshire7,5778,041
RayleighUrban AreaEssexSouthend28,91230,629
RayneUrban AreaEssex2,1851,974
RedbournUrban AreaHertfordshire4,8434,680
Red LodgeUrban AreaSuffolk...1,599
ReephamUrban AreaNorfolk2,4052,125
RickmansworthUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London10,76711,781
RochfordUrban AreaEssexSouthend15,08116,374
RowhedgeUrban AreaEssexWivenhoe / Rowhedge1,7491,591
Roydon (Epping Forest)Urban AreaEssex1,6891,553
Roydon / Grimston (King's Lynn and West Norfolk)Urban AreaNorfolk...1,808
Royston (Hertfordshire)Urban AreaHertfordshire14,08714,570
Saffron WaldenUrban AreaEssex13,20114,313
Saham ToneyUrban AreaNorfolkWatton / Saham Toney...1,565
SandyUrban AreaBedfordshire8,55410,887
SawstonUrban AreaCambridgeshire7,1727,150
SawtryUrban AreaCambridgeshire4,7665,568
SaxmundhamUrban AreaSuffolk2,5292,712
ShenleyUrban AreaHertfordshire2,0254,053
SheringhamUrban AreaNorfolk7,6207,143
ShipdhamUrban AreaNorfolk2,1051,941
ShortsdownUrban AreaBedfordshire...1,745
Shotley GateUrban AreaSuffolk...1,532
Sible HedinghamUrban AreaEssex3,9473,192
SilsoeUrban AreaBedfordshire1,5531,729
Silver EndUrban AreaEssex3,4383,741
SnettishamUrban AreaNorfolk2,2292,145
SohamUrban AreaCambridgeshire6,6398,447
Somersham (Huntingdonshire)Urban AreaCambridgeshire3,2573,497
Southend-on-SeaUrban AreaSouthend-on-SeaSouthend158,517160,257
SouthminsterUrban AreaEssex3,3743,776
South OckendonUrban AreaThurrock15,51417,675
South OxheyUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London16,13316,918
SouthwoldUrban AreaSuffolk3,9053,858
South Woodham FerrersUrban AreaEssex16,03216,629
SpixworthUrban AreaNorfolk3,8633,684
St AlbansUrban AreaHertfordshireSt Albans / Hatfield80,37682,429
StalhamUrban AreaNorfolk4,0343,870
StandonUrban AreaHertfordshire2,7313,354
Stanford Le Hope / CorringhamUrban AreaThurrock30,74730,102
Stansted MountfitchetUrban AreaEssex4,9435,311
StantonUrban AreaSuffolk2,1312,073
StevenageUrban AreaHertfordshire76,06481,482
StiltonUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,2192,500
St IvesUrban AreaCambridgeshireSt Ives16,51015,811
St MargaretsUrban AreaHertfordshire...3,434
St NeotsUrban AreaCambridgeshireEaton Socon / St.Neots13,47114,937
StockUrban AreaEssex2,0971,545
St OsythUrban AreaEssex2,0732,047
StotfoldUrban AreaBedfordshire6,5246,109
StowmarketUrban AreaSuffolk13,22915,059
StowuplandUrban AreaSuffolk...1,709
StrethamUrban AreaCambridgeshire1,4711,685
StukeleyUrban AreaCambridgeshire...1,551
SudburyUrban AreaSuffolk19,51220,188
Sutton (East Cambridge)Urban AreaCambridgeshire3,0763,212
SwaffhamUrban AreaNorfolk5,3326,734
SwaveseyUrban AreaCambridgeshire...2,480
TakeleyUrban AreaEssex1,7031,819
TanfieldUrban AreaHertfordshire...1,623
TaverhamUrban AreaNorfolkNorwich9,72315,383
Terrington St ClementUrban AreaNorfolk2,2883,107
Terrington St JohnUrban AreaNorfolk...1,702
ThaxtedUrban AreaEssex1,8992,066
ThetfordUrban AreaNorfolk20,05821,760
Theydon BoisUrban AreaEssex3,9453,756
ThorneyUrban AreaPeterborough...1,666
ThurstonUrban AreaSuffolk2,6122,898
TilburyUrban AreaThurrockGrays / Tilbury11,65811,462
TiptreeUrban AreaEssex7,6798,305
ToddingtonUrban AreaBedfordshire3,9994,195
TollesburyUrban AreaEssex2,3322,680
TringUrban AreaHertfordshire11,45511,835
Waltham AbbeyUrban AreaEssexGreater London15,62917,675
WarboysUrban AreaCambridgeshire2,9453,704
WareUrban AreaHertfordshireHertford / Ware17,00017,193
WaterbeachUrban AreaCambridgeshire4,1484,205
WatfordUrban AreaHertfordshireGreater London113,080120,960
Watlington (King's Lynn and West Norfolk)Urban AreaNorfolk2,1652,031
WattishamUrban AreaSuffolk...1,505
WattonUrban AreaNorfolkWatton / Saham Toney6,0187,435
Watton-at-StoneUrban AreaHertfordshire2,1192,272
WeetingUrban AreaNorfolk1,7571,751
Wells-next-the-SeaUrban AreaNorfolk2,4002,451
Welwyn / CodicoteUrban AreaHertfordshireWelwyn10,51210,700
Welwyn Garden CityUrban AreaHertfordshireWelwyn42,08743,512
West BergholtUrban AreaEssex3,0273,164
West MerseaUrban AreaEssex6,6026,792
WestoningUrban AreaBedfordshire1,8272,001
West WinchUrban AreaNorfolk1,7742,275
WheathampsteadUrban AreaHertfordshire4,5543,997
WhittleseyUrban AreaCambridgeshire10,27512,442
WickfordUrban AreaEssexWickford / Ramsden Bellhouse26,29430,751
Wickham Bishops / Great TothamUrban AreaEssex3,7743,569
Wickham MarketUrban AreaSuffolk2,2432,204
WillinghamUrban AreaCambridgeshire3,3173,436
WilshamsteadUrban AreaBedfordshire2,1881,969
WisbechUrban AreaCambridgeshireWisbech / Emneth24,98126,536
WitchfordUrban AreaCambridgeshire...2,344
WithamUrban AreaEssex22,68422,631
WitteringUrban AreaPeterborough2,3792,297
WivenhoeUrban AreaEssexWivenhoe / Rowhedge7,0737,221
WoodbridgeUrban AreaSuffolk10,95010,956
WoolpitUrban AreaSuffolk...1,742
Wootton (Bedford)Urban AreaBedfordshire3,7654,472
WrittleUrban AreaEssex5,1284,646
Wroxham / HovetonUrban AreaNorfolk3,2473,128
WymondhamUrban AreaNorfolk10,15911,420
YaxleyUrban AreaCambridgeshire7,0417,413

Source: UK National Statistics.