The population of all counties and unitary districts in the West Midlands.
| Name | Status | Population census 1991-04-05 | Population census 2001-04-29 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Herefordshire | Unitary District | 159,870 | 174,871 | o |
| Shropshire | County | 266,871 | 283,173 | o |
| Staffordshire | County | 785,274 | 806,744 | o |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Unitary District | 244,643 | 240,636 | o |
| Telford and Wrekin | Unitary District | 139,516 | 158,325 | o |
| Warwickshire | County | 484,320 | 505,860 | o |
| West Midlands | Metropolitan County | 2,561,684 | 2,555,592 | o |
| Worcestershire | County | 508,015 | 542,107 | o |
| West Midlands | Region | 5,150,193 | 5,267,308 |
All urban areas in the West Midlands with 1500 inhabitants or more.
| Name | Status | County/District | Conurbation | Population census 1991-04-05 | Population census 2001-04-29 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albrighton (Bridgnorth) | Urban Area | Shropshire | 6,135 | 7,713 | o | |
| Alcester | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 6,282 | 7,068 | o | |
| Aldridge | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 16,862 | 15,659 | o |
| Alrewas | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,907 | 2,744 | o | |
| Alvechurch | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 3,317 | 3,568 | o | |
| Alveley | Urban Area | Shropshire | 2,051 | 1,648 | o | |
| Armitage | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 4,049 | 4,979 | o | |
| Ashley Heath | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,852 | 2,633 | o | |
| Astwood Bank | Urban Area | Worcestershire | Redditch / Astwood Bank | 2,235 | 2,658 | o |
| Atherstone | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 10,677 | 11,058 | o | |
| Audley | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 6,180 | 5,515 | o | |
| Baddesley Ensor | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 3,479 | 3,251 | o | |
| Badsey | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 2,556 | 2,425 | o | |
| Balsall | Urban Area | West Midlands | 6,953 | 6,499 | o | |
| Barlaston | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,119 | 1,805 | o | |
| Barnt Green | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 4,784 | 5,249 | o | |
| Barton-under-Needwood | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 4,327 | 3,803 | o | |
| Bayston Hill | Urban Area | Shropshire | 5,462 | 5,247 | o | |
| Bedworth | Urban Area | Warwickshire | Coventry / Bedworth | 31,932 | 30,001 | o |
| Bewdley | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 9,009 | 8,968 | o | |
| Biddulph | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 16,725 | 17,241 | o | |
| Biddulph Moor | Urban Area | Staffordshire | ... | 1,689 | o | |
| Bidford-on-Avon | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 3,842 | 3,978 | o | |
| Birmingham | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 965,928 | 970,892 | o |
| Bishop's Castle | Urban Area | Shropshire | ... | 1,630 | o | |
| Bishop's Itchington | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,052 | 1,886 | o | |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,002 | 1,742 | o | |
| Bredon | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 2,008 | 1,914 | o | |
| Brewood | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,233 | 2,477 | o | |
| Bridgnorth | Urban Area | Shropshire | 11,229 | 11,891 | o | |
| Broadway | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 2,328 | 2,496 | o | |
| Bromsgrove | Urban Area | Worcestershire | Bromsgrove / Catshill | 26,366 | 29,237 | o |
| Bromyard | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | 3,117 | 3,910 | o | |
| Broseley | Urban Area | Shropshire | Telford | 5,089 | 5,521 | o |
| Brownhills | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 18,159 | 19,866 | o |
| Brownhills West | Urban Area | West Midlands | 2,423 | 2,137 | o | |
| Budbrooke | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 1,969 | 1,841 | o | |
| Bulkington | Urban Area | Warwickshire | Nuneaton | 6,708 | 6,062 | o |
| Burntwood | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 28,801 | 29,205 | o | |
| Burton Upon Trent | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 60,525 | 43,784 | o | |
| Cannock | Urban Area | Staffordshire | Cannock / Great Wyrley | 60,106 | 65,022 | o |
| Catshill | Urban Area | Worcestershire | Bromsgrove / Catshill | 9,188 | 10,407 | o |
| Cheadle | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 10,833 | 10,797 | o | |
| Cheddleton | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 3,534 | 2,719 | o | |
| Cheswick Green | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 2,551 | 2,261 | o |
| Church Stretton | Urban Area | Shropshire | 3,435 | 3,841 | o | |
| Cleobury Mortimer | Urban Area | Shropshire | 2,164 | 2,273 | o | |
| Codsall | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 11,718 | 11,296 | o | |
| Coleshill (North Warwickshire) | Urban Area | Warwickshire | West Midlands | 6,324 | 6,235 | o |
| Cookley | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 2,030 | 1,601 | o | |
| Coven | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,230 | 2,693 | o | |
| Coventry | Urban Area | West Midlands | Coventry / Bedworth | 299,316 | 303,475 | o |
| Craven Arms | Urban Area | Shropshire | ... | 2,031 | o | |
| Credenhill | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | 2,013 | 1,989 | o | |
| Dickens Heath | Urban Area | West Midlands | ... | 1,639 | o | |
| Dordon / Polesworth | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 9,334 | 9,657 | o | |
| Droitwich | Urban Area | Worcestershire | Droitwich / Hampton Lovett | 20,966 | 22,585 | o |
| Dudley | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 192,171 | 194,919 | o |
| Dunchurch | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,251 | 2,222 | o | |
| Eccleshall | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,748 | 2,706 | o | |
| Ellesmere | Urban Area | Shropshire | 2,967 | 3,223 | o | |
| Evesham | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 17,823 | 22,179 | o | |
| Exhall | Urban Area | Warwickshire | Coventry / Bedworth | ... | 2,267 | o |
| Fazeley | Urban Area | Staffordshire | Tamworth | 4,548 | 7,358 | o |
| Featherstone (Staffordshire) | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 4,201 | 3,948 | o | |
| Fernhill Heath | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 2,869 | 2,858 | o | |
| Fradley | Urban Area | Staffordshire | ... | 1,689 | o | |
| Gnosall | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 4,338 | 4,080 | o | |
| Gobowen | Urban Area | Shropshire | 2,823 | 3,230 | o | |
| Great Haywood | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,305 | 1,854 | o | |
| Great Malvern | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 31,537 | 35,588 | o | |
| Great Wyrley | Urban Area | Staffordshire | Cannock / Great Wyrley | 17,604 | 18,775 | o |
| Grimes Hill | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 2,581 | 2,514 | o | |
| Hadley | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | Telford | 12,508 | 14,506 | o |
| Hagley | Urban Area | Worcestershire | West Midlands | 5,417 | 5,723 | o |
| Halesowen | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 57,918 | 55,273 | o |
| Hampton in Arden | Urban Area | West Midlands | 1,223 | 1,655 | o | |
| Harbury | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,428 | 2,215 | o | |
| Hartshill | Urban Area | Warwickshire | Nuneaton | 12,824 | 12,207 | o |
| Harvington | Urban Area | Worcestershire | ... | 1,636 | o | |
| Henley-in-Arden | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,803 | 2,797 | o | |
| Hereford | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | 54,326 | 56,373 | o | |
| Highley | Urban Area | Shropshire | 3,299 | 3,298 | o | |
| Hixon | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 1,392 | 1,713 | o | |
| Hockley Heath | Urban Area | West Midlands | ... | 1,525 | o | |
| Inkberrow | Urban Area | Worcestershire | ... | 1,504 | o | |
| Ironbridge | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | Telford | 2,184 | 1,560 | o |
| Keele University | Urban Area | Staffordshire | ... | 2,552 | o | |
| Kempsey | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 3,147 | 2,514 | o | |
| Kenilworth | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 21,623 | 22,218 | o | |
| Keresley | Urban Area | West Midlands | ... | 2,379 | o | |
| Kidderminster | Urban Area | Worcestershire | Kidderminster / Summerfield | 54,644 | 55,348 | o |
| Kidsgrove | Urban Area | Staffordshire | The Potteries | 27,702 | 28,724 | o |
| Kineton | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,079 | 1,937 | o | |
| Kingsbury | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 4,169 | 4,168 | o | |
| Kington | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | 2,197 | 2,597 | o | |
| Kinver | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 5,054 | 4,607 | o | |
| Knowle / Bentley Heath | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 23,572 | 18,452 | o |
| Ledbury | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | 6,216 | 8,491 | o | |
| Leek | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 18,167 | 18,768 | o | |
| Leominster | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | 9,543 | 10,440 | o | |
| Lichfield | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 28,666 | 28,435 | o | |
| Little Haywood / Colwich | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,444 | 2,431 | o | |
| Long Itchington | Urban Area | Warwickshire | ... | 1,738 | o | |
| Long Lawford | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,501 | 2,685 | o | |
| Lower Broadheath / Upper Broadheath | Urban Area | Worcestershire | ... | 1,713 | o | |
| Ludlow | Urban Area | Shropshire | 9,040 | 9,548 | o | |
| Lugwardune / Bartestree | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | ... | 1,774 | o | |
| Madeley | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | Telford | 17,909 | 17,988 | o |
| Madeley / Middle Madeley | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,254 | 3,398 | o | |
| Market Drayton | Urban Area | Shropshire | 9,482 | 10,407 | o | |
| Meriden | Urban Area | West Midlands | 1,781 | 1,801 | o | |
| Much Wenlock | Urban Area | Shropshire | 1,921 | 1,959 | o | |
| New Arley | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,026 | 1,874 | o | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Urban Area | Staffordshire | The Potteries | 73,731 | 74,427 | o |
| Newport (Telford and Wrekin) | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | 10,964 | 12,137 | o | |
| Norton Canes | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 6,549 | 6,394 | o | |
| Nuneaton | Urban Area | Warwickshire | Nuneaton | 66,715 | 70,721 | o |
| Oakengates / Donnington | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | Telford | 27,366 | 31,246 | o |
| Oldbury / Smethwick | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 145,542 | 139,855 | o |
| Oswestry | Urban Area | Shropshire | 15,612 | 16,660 | o | |
| Pant | Urban Area | Shropshire | ... | 1,791 | o | |
| Pattingham | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,283 | 1,777 | o | |
| Pelsall | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 10,007 | 10,524 | o |
| Penkridge | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 7,212 | 7,181 | o | |
| Pershore | Urban Area | Worcestershire | Pershore / Pinvin | 7,087 | 7,104 | o |
| Pontesbury | Urban Area | Shropshire | 1,956 | 1,676 | o | |
| Redditch | Urban Area | Worcestershire | Redditch / Astwood Bank | 73,372 | 74,803 | o |
| Rolleston | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 3,203 | 2,545 | o | |
| Ross-on-Wye | Urban Area | County of Herefordshire | 9,606 | 10,085 | o | |
| Royal Leamington Spa | Urban Area | Warwickshire | Warwick / Leamington | 55,396 | 61,595 | o |
| Rugby | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 61,106 | 61,988 | o | |
| Rugeley | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 22,975 | 22,724 | o | |
| Rushall | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 5,871 | 5,864 | o |
| Ryton-on-Dunsmore | Urban Area | Warwickshire | ... | 1,672 | o | |
| Shawbury | Urban Area | Shropshire | 2,289 | 2,359 | o | |
| Shelfield | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 7,079 | 6,807 | o |
| Shelly Green | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | ... | 5,702 | o |
| Shenstone | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,798 | 2,132 | o | |
| Shifnal | Urban Area | Shropshire | 5,893 | 5,925 | o | |
| Shipston on Stour | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 3,882 | 4,456 | o | |
| Shrewsbury | Urban Area | Shropshire | 64,219 | 67,126 | o | |
| Solihull | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 94,531 | 94,753 | o |
| Southam | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 5,304 | 6,509 | o | |
| South Littleton | Urban Area | Worcestershire | ... | 1,530 | o | |
| Stafford | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 61,885 | 63,681 | o | |
| Stapenhill / Winshill | Urban Area | Staffordshire | ... | 21,985 | o | |
| St Martin's | Urban Area | Shropshire | 2,513 | 2,275 | o | |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Urban Area | Stoke-on-Trent | The Potteries | 266,543 | 259,252 | o |
| Stone (Stafford) | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 12,305 | 14,555 | o | |
| Stourbridge | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 55,624 | 55,480 | o |
| Stourport-on-Severn | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 18,283 | 18,889 | o | |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 22,231 | 22,187 | o | |
| Studley | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 5,883 | 6,257 | o | |
| Sutton Coldfield | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 106,001 | 105,452 | o |
| Tamworth | Urban Area | Staffordshire | Tamworth | 68,440 | 71,650 | o |
| Telford Dawley | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | Telford | 35,790 | 40,437 | o |
| Tenbury Wells | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 2,219 | 3,316 | o | |
| The Rock | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | Telford | ... | 3,433 | o |
| Tutbury / Hatton | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 5,646 | 5,409 | o | |
| Upper Tean | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,632 | 2,936 | o | |
| Upton upon Severn | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 1,756 | 1,789 | o | |
| Uttoxeter | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 10,329 | 12,023 | o | |
| Walsall | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 174,739 | 170,994 | o |
| Warwick | Urban Area | Warwickshire | Warwick / Leamington | 22,476 | 23,350 | o |
| Water Orton | Urban Area | Warwickshire | West Midlands | 3,555 | 3,573 | o |
| Wellesbourne | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 5,134 | 5,876 | o | |
| Wellington | Urban Area | Telford and Wrekin | Telford | 18,494 | 22,319 | o |
| Wem | Urban Area | Shropshire | 4,882 | 5,142 | o | |
| West Bromwich | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 146,386 | 136,940 | o |
| Weston Rhyn | Urban Area | Shropshire | ... | 1,776 | o | |
| Wheaton Aston | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,288 | 2,061 | o | |
| Whitchurch (North Shropshire) | Urban Area | Shropshire | 7,868 | 8,673 | o | |
| Whittington (Lichfield) | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 2,350 | 2,040 | o | |
| Wolston | Urban Area | Warwickshire | 2,281 | 2,666 | o | |
| Wolverhampton | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | 257,943 | 251,462 | o |
| Wombourne | Urban Area | Staffordshire | 12,220 | 12,768 | o | |
| Worcester | Urban Area | Worcestershire | 82,661 | 94,029 | o | |
| Yew Tree | Urban Area | West Midlands | West Midlands | ... | 6,109 | o |
Source: UK National Statistics.
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