United Kingdom: Urban Areas in England - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

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The population development of England according to census results and latest official estimates.

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Estimate (E) 2018-06-30
	United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,435,550
	England	ENG		London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	55,977,178	13027800

UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Major Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2018-06-30
1	London	ENG	10,620,723
2	Manchester	ENG	2,681,285
3	Birmingham	ENG	2,570,990
4	Leeds	ENG	1,856,709
5	Southampton	ENG	900,000
6	Liverpool	ENG	898,070
7	Newcastle	ENG	800,665
8	Nottingham	ENG	773,371
9	Sheffield	ENG	719,273
10	Bristol	ENG	668,393
11	Leicester	ENG	543,588
12	Brighton and Hove	ENG	500,663

Contents: Urban Areas

The population of all English urban areas (i.e. more or less continuously built-up areas) with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Estimate (E) 2018-06-30	Area
Abingdon (Abingdon-on-Thames)	ENG	35,234	36,320	38,676	40,026	1062
Accrington	ENG	121,081	123,370	125,059	127,861	3000
Alfreton	ENG	35,866	36,780	38,460	39,760	1379
Amersham	ENG	42,001	43,486	46,122	49,198	1551
Ampthill	ENG	17,293	19,467	20,026	21,593	484	→
Andover	ENG	34,647	38,870	42,276	48,902	1186
Ashford	ENG	52,002	60,380	74,733	82,884	1905
Ashington	ENG	27,962	27,340	27,670	28,100	606	→
Aylesbury	ENG	58,058	69,240	74,748	89,844	1648
Banbury	ENG	39,906	43,570	48,651	50,698	1204
Barnsley	ENG	214,280	212,000	223,281	236,847	5972
Barnstaple	ENG	27,691	29,740	31,616	32,411	869	→
Barrow-in-Furness	ENG	48,947	47,555	45,865	44,407	1210	→
Basildon	ENG	131,317	136,310	144,859	155,904	3712
Basingstoke	ENG	81,228	94,190	107,642	114,464	2940
Bath	ENG	85,202	89,760	94,782	103,361	2424	→
Bedford	ENG	92,150	102,100	106,940	114,122	2482
Belper	ENG	18,213	21,940	23,417	23,977	622	→
Berkhamsted	ENG	18,044	20,360	21,997	22,984	688
Beverley	ENG	23,632	29,110	30,587	31,116	724	→
Bicester	ENG	22,128	31,540	33,846	34,198	828
Bideford	ENG	22,680	26,010	28,672	30,747	870
Biggleswade	ENG	12,350	15,383	16,551	20,983	394	→
Billericay	ENG	35,474	35,830	36,338	36,984	1024
Birkenhead	ENG	334,711	319,490	325,264	329,308	8822
Birmingham	ENG	2,290,105	2,279,280	2,440,986	2,570,990	59888
Bishop Auckland	ENG	23,154	24,990	26,050	26,523	731
Bishop's Stortford	ENG	28,403	35,330	37,838	40,423	850	→
Blackburn	ENG	135,858	136,640	146,521	147,810	3561
Blackpool	ENG	234,128	236,120	239,409	240,221	6126
Blyth	ENG	35,327	35,820	37,339	39,251	843	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	56,744	61,800	63,885	69,888	1656	→
Bordon	ENG	20,406	21,050	20,978	20,520	715
Boston	ENG	34,606	35,400	41,340	45,618	1328	→
Bournemouth	ENG	404,453	429,700	466,266	485,988	13098
Braintree	ENG	35,414	45,160	53,477	55,265	1311
Brentwood	ENG	49,463	47,920	52,586	54,977	1423	→
Bridgwater	ENG	34,610	36,610	41,276	44,288	1125	→
Bridlington	ENG	31,334	33,590	35,154	35,115	868	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	414,329	437,010	474,485	500,663	8945
Bristol	ENG	524,410	553,280	617,280	668,393	14442
Bromsgrove	ENG	40,338	45,210	49,117	51,774	1533
Brough	ENG	13,779	16,420	19,904	20,891	784
Burgess Hill	ENG	26,077	29,388	30,635	32,264	814	→
Burnham-on-Sea	ENG	19,588	21,480	23,325	24,016	775	→
Burnley	ENG	149,906	151,830	149,422	153,262	3572
Burntwood	ENG	28,801	28,900	29,244	29,341	740
Burton upon Trent	ENG	100,587	108,480	122,199	130,740	3504
Bury St Edmunds	ENG	31,237	37,150	42,812	43,399	1351
Buxton	ENG	19,854	21,251	22,115	22,596	538	→
Camborne	ENG	35,915	40,103	42,690	46,172	1361
Cambridge (/ Milton)	ENG	120,327	139,260	158,434	162,794	4214
Cannock	ENG	77,710	83,740	86,121	88,688	2193
Canterbury	ENG	39,734	46,840	55,240	63,601	1320
Canvey Island	ENG	36,406	37,480	38,170	38,689	751	→
Carlisle	ENG	72,439	73,060	78,470	78,314	2011
Castleford	ENG	57,311	56,580	60,509	64,896	1715
Chapeltown	ENG	23,479	23,080	23,056	22,492	514	→
Chelmsford	ENG	97,451	101,620	111,511	118,591	2618
Cheltenham	ENG	102,633	110,260	116,447	117,836	2887	→
Chester	ENG	84,254	86,100	90,524	93,845	2552
Chesterfield	ENG	107,345	108,340	113,057	114,168	3464
Chichester	ENG	26,572	28,110	31,654	35,347	1106
Chippenham	ENG	25,961	33,190	35,800	35,719	896	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	45,065	51,284	50,548	53,685	1217	→
Clay Cross	ENG	26,673	27,290	28,665	29,710	956
Clevedon	ENG	21,670	21,655	21,002	21,128	505	→
Coalville	ENG	30,408	34,420	38,245	40,685	1103
Colchester	ENG	99,656	107,550	121,859	138,761	3265
Congleton	ENG	24,897	25,510	26,178	26,379	789	→
Consett	ENG	24,884	25,340	29,137	29,947	735
Corby	ENG	49,053	49,220	56,810	64,725	2051
Coventry	ENG	331,248	339,970	359,262	409,293	8129
Cowes	ENG	18,296	19,440	21,226	22,095	650
Cramlington	ENG	31,515	34,140	33,180	32,561	878
Crawley	ENG	152,772	168,980	180,508	191,881	5809
Crewe	ENG	68,131	71,790	75,556	78,326	2007
Crowborough	ENG	19,563	19,617	20,607	21,915	821	→
Darlington	ENG	86,767	86,460	92,363	93,124	2255	→
Daventry	ENG	18,099	21,460	23,879	25,464	748	→
Deal	ENG	28,504	29,248	30,555	31,757	682	→
Derby	ENG	237,368	242,820	270,468	279,569	6410
Dereham	ENG	12,974	17,780	20,651	21,434	636	→
Didcot	ENG	20,018	27,644	29,341	32,958	1075
Dinnington	ENG	17,691	19,090	19,860	20,542	586	→
Ditton (/ Aylesford / East Malling)	ENG	24,085	23,580	25,982	27,205	874	→
Doncaster	ENG	148,754	147,850	158,141	164,190	4352
Dorchester	ENG	15,037	16,170	19,060	21,082	492	→
Dover	ENG	39,312	38,070	41,709	44,846	1023	→
Droitwich (Droitwich Spa)	ENG	20,966	23,190	23,834	24,240	687
Dronfield	ENG	22,985	21,177	21,124	20,956	612	→
Dunscroft (Hatfield)	ENG	20,823	20,232	20,608	20,802	544
Durham	ENG	36,937	43,220	47,785	53,717	1287	→
Earl Shilton	ENG	18,083	18,366	19,578	20,707	476
Eastbourne	ENG	94,793	106,850	118,219	124,641	2513
Ely	ENG	10,329	13,954	19,090	20,321	477	→
Emsworth	ENG	18,310	18,139	18,777	19,882	616	→
Evesham	ENG	17,823	22,420	23,576	27,913	573	→
Exeter	ENG	98,125	111,520	117,763	129,429	2849
Exmouth	ENG	28,414	32,970	34,432	35,632	856	→
Falmouth	ENG	27,324	28,800	31,988	35,630	855
Farnborough	ENG	232,645	244,330	252,397	258,095	7846
Faversham	ENG	17,070	18,220	19,829	20,571	438	→
Felixstowe	ENG	28,606	29,538	29,171	30,379	1206
Fleet	ENG	30,391	32,700	38,726	41,592	1199	→
Fleetwood	ENG	27,227	26,560	25,359	25,553	514	→
Folkestone	ENG	60,156	59,830	66,429	69,020	1676
Formby	ENG	25,356	24,478	23,329	23,314	784	→
Frome	ENG	23,159	24,510	26,203	27,937	634	→
Gainsborough	ENG	19,704	19,110	20,842	23,023	596	→
Gerrards Cross (/ Chalfont St Peter)	ENG	19,523	19,622	20,633	21,194	900	→
Gillingham	ENG	222,388	231,760	243,931	255,423	5216
Gloucester	ENG	126,149	136,860	150,053	161,904	4036
Godalming	ENG	20,630	21,840	22,689	23,514	723	→
Goole	ENG	19,410	18,741	20,810	22,452	608	→
Grantham	ENG	37,002	40,320	43,833	46,466	1295
Grays	ENG	61,803	76,220	89,755	99,550	2635
Great Malvern	ENG	31,537	35,840	36,770	38,263	1352	→
Great Yarmouth	ENG	64,260	58,030	63,434	65,789	1536
Grimsby	ENG	136,456	133,760	134,160	133,719	3526
Hailsham	ENG	18,426	19,225	19,977	22,241	483	→
Harpenden	ENG	28,097	28,452	30,240	31,392	890	→
Harrogate	ENG	79,558	85,230	89,060	90,049	2290
Hartlepool	ENG	87,310	86,030	88,855	89,744	2412	→
Harwich	ENG	18,436	20,270	20,723	21,986	561
Hastings	ENG	120,044	125,400	133,422	138,359	3320
Hatfield	ENG	31,104	32,360	41,677	49,764	914
Haverhill	ENG	19,086	22,010	27,041	27,503	697	→
Haywards Heath	ENG	28,923	29,110	33,845	38,062	936	→
Hereford	ENG	54,326	56,370	60,415	63,935	1705	→
Herne Bay	ENG	60,768	65,250	70,485	73,794	1906
Hertford	ENG	38,665	41,920	45,457	48,920	1018
Heswall	ENG	31,093	29,977	29,789	29,541	1018	→
High Wycombe	ENG	120,653	124,320	133,204	136,607	3920
Hinckley	ENG	40,608	43,250	45,249	49,408	1285	→
Hitchin	ENG	32,221	33,350	36,099	38,240	920
Horsham	ENG	42,552	48,200	51,472	56,906	1261
Huntingdon	ENG	15,575	20,760	23,937	25,825	719	→
Hythe	ENG	18,538	19,600	20,201	20,408	570	→
Ipswich	ENG	146,214	156,400	178,835	184,474	4914
Kendal	ENG	25,461	28,030	29,147	30,135	858
Kenilworth	ENG	21,623	22,218	22,413	21,682	596	→
Kettering	ENG	52,735	57,800	63,675	69,967	1649
Kidderminster	ENG	54,644	57,090	57,059	59,415	1688
King's Lynn	ENG	41,281	40,920	46,093	48,821	1461	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	310,636	301,410	314,018	318,351	8258
Kirkby	ENG	43,017	41,010	42,744	43,368	1312	→
Lancaster	ENG	91,154	95,200	97,150	101,669	2259
Leeds	ENG	1,598,345	1,652,570	1,777,934	1,856,709	48779
Leek	ENG	18,167	19,320	19,903	20,276	509
Leicester	ENG	426,380	452,090	508,916	543,588	10937
Leighton Buzzard	ENG	32,610	32,760	37,469	42,050	864	→
Letchworth Garden City	ENG	40,650	42,798	43,529	45,049	1212
Lichfield	ENG	28,666	28,440	32,877	33,970	868	→
Lincoln	ENG	103,601	104,020	114,879	123,322	3265
Liverpool	ENG	872,465	850,760	864,122	898,070	19961
London	ENG	8,085,300	8,669,040	9,787,426	10,620,723	173786
Loughborough	ENG	46,867	55,260	59,932	66,611	1449	→
Lowestoft	ENG	62,907	68,850	70,945	73,755	2154	→
Luton	ENG	221,337	236,320	258,018	274,473	5071
Macclesfield	ENG	60,383	61,320	63,954	64,010	2068
Maghull	ENG	29,206	28,848	26,997	25,737	670	→
Maidenhead	ENG	59,605	59,120	64,831	69,309	1854
Maidstone	ENG	...	93,670	107,627	118,899	2545	→
Maldon	ENG	15,841	20,731	21,462	21,886	517	→
Manchester	ENG	2,370,400	2,360,500	2,553,379	2,681,285	63025
Mansfield	ENG	154,966	158,840	171,958	181,362	4835
March	ENG	16,221	18,040	21,051	21,797	635	→
Margate	ENG	116,745	118,930	125,370	132,174	2789
Market Harborough	ENG	16,563	20,130	22,911	25,669	634	→
Melton Mowbray	ENG	24,348	25,550	27,158	27,623	701	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	369,609	365,230	376,663	383,711	10819
Midsomer Norton	ENG	23,766	25,616	27,136	30,070	782
Milton Keynes	ENG	161,109	191,680	229,941	245,162	6252
Minster	ENG	19,137	20,320	22,167	24,788	657
Nailsea	ENG	21,908	21,216	20,543	20,518	738
New Addington	ENG	21,445	21,527	22,280	23,035	313	→
Newark-on-Trent	ENG	37,362	38,690	43,363	47,035	1310
Newbury	ENG	53,999	61,420	68,258	71,787	1984
Newcastle upon Tyne	ENG	749,480	741,870	774,891	800,665	18052
Newmarket	ENG	18,430	18,600	20,384	21,061	766	→
Newport	ENG	20,574	22,960	24,884	25,926	675	→
Newquay	ENG	17,390	19,278	20,189	22,218	556	→
Newton Abbot	ENG	32,356	36,050	36,474	38,940	991
Newton Aycliffe	ENG	25,085	25,660	25,964	26,065	890	→
Northampton	ENG	183,082	198,380	215,963	230,583	5788
Northwich	ENG	39,580	44,760	47,421	50,423	1441
Norwich	ENG	185,420	196,610	213,166	228,218	6190
Nottingham	ENG	658,261	678,710	729,977	773,371	17636
Nuneaton	ENG	86,247	89,370	92,698	95,725	2300
Ormskirk	ENG	23,425	23,660	24,073	26,327	670	→
Oswestry (Croesowallt)	ENG	15,612	16,660	18,743	19,886	568	→
Oxford	ENG	128,163	153,890	171,380	175,403	3738
Paignton	ENG	102,576	113,480	115,410	120,054	3147
Peacehaven	ENG	16,517	17,541	18,579	20,165	417	→
Penzance	ENG	19,709	19,936	19,872	19,794	462
Peterborough	ENG	134,788	138,660	163,379	179,290	4424
Peterlee	ENG	40,733	39,424	37,015	36,340	1148
Plymouth	ENG	245,295	244,870	260,203	266,823	5973
Pontefract	ENG	43,048	43,453	44,710	46,665	1281
Portishead	ENG	14,721	17,340	23,699	26,490	614	→
Potters Bar	ENG	22,414	21,689	22,639	23,505	598	→
Preston	ENG	282,137	292,070	313,332	323,537	8241
Reading	ENG	277,502	303,220	318,014	337,108	8370
Redditch	ENG	75,607	77,300	82,253	83,214	2223
Redhill	ENG	47,602	50,410	56,621	60,948	1570
Retford	ENG	20,679	20,970	22,023	23,277	642	→
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	77,872	85,110	95,172	99,082	2238
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	60,272	60,100	68,910	72,041	1690
Rugby	ENG	61,106	62,850	73,150	78,706	1912
Rugeley	ENG	22,975	22,720	24,033	24,683	649	→
Runcorn	ENG	64,154	61,360	62,872	63,173	2034
Rushden	ENG	29,199	32,110	37,584	41,380	919
Ryde	ENG	22,683	25,090	26,082	26,865	764
Salisbury	ENG	39,268	43,400	44,748	46,201	1128	→
Saltdean	ENG	21,487	21,410	22,729	23,200	586
Sandbach	ENG	15,839	17,630	17,976	20,154	576	→
Sandown	ENG	17,305	20,199	21,374	21,645	605
Scarborough	ENG	57,536	58,610	61,749	61,892	1449	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	75,982	72,660	79,977	83,072	2671	→
Seaford	ENG	19,622	21,850	22,584	23,503	633	→
Seaham	ENG	22,130	21,160	22,373	22,651	487	→
Selby	ENG	20,128	22,360	24,859	27,159	698
Sevenoaks	ENG	24,489	26,700	29,506	31,808	1173	→
Sheffield	ENG	632,604	641,370	685,368	719,273	16748
Shrewsbury	ENG	64,219	67,130	71,715	75,711	2149	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	38,771	42,800	48,948	53,091	1178	→
Skegness	ENG	20,907	24,100	24,876	25,525	1179	→
Slough	ENG	126,662	141,790	163,777	173,375	3414
Southampton	ENG	740,486	797,960	855,569	900,000	19203
South Elmsall (/ South Kirkby)	ENG	18,304	18,430	18,899	20,177	568
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	273,379	276,720	295,310	308,802	7183
South Ockendon	ENG	15,514	17,675	19,460	22,055	377	→
Southport	ENG	90,959	91,400	91,703	93,758	2293	→
Spalding	ENG	22,386	25,780	31,588	35,702	1165	→
Stafford	ENG	61,885	63,040	69,217	71,517	2046
Stamford	ENG	17,492	20,250	20,592	21,441	553
Stanford-le-Hope	ENG	30,747	30,102	28,725	29,059	581	→
Stanley	ENG	18,905	20,386	21,938	22,562	538
St Austell	ENG	21,622	22,300	25,447	27,775	782
Stevenage	ENG	76,064	81,540	90,232	94,518	2190
St Ives	ENG	18,930	18,905	19,519	20,695	545	→
St Neots	ENG	25,841	28,040	30,811	33,456	812
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	367,976	363,770	372,775	383,941	10390
Stourport-on-Severn	ENG	18,283	19,980	20,586	21,012	603
Stowmarket	ENG	13,229	16,950	21,028	23,341	613
Stratford-upon-Avon	ENG	22,231	22,120	27,830	30,095	847	→
Stroud	ENG	52,609	57,851	60,155	62,083	2469
Stubbington	ENG	20,924	21,710	24,644	25,300	661	→
Sudbury	ENG	19,512	20,190	22,213	23,626	623	→
Sunderland	ENG	346,528	338,860	335,415	338,162	8348
Swanley	ENG	21,081	22,471	21,839	22,843	511
Swindon	ENG	145,236	158,580	185,609	196,431	4706
Tamworth	ENG	72,988	79,290	81,964	82,084	2068
Taunton	ENG	55,855	60,570	64,621	69,090	1785
Telford	ENG	119,340	140,930	147,980	156,145	4768
Tewkesbury	ENG	14,531	15,539	19,778	21,195	622	→
Thetford	ENG	20,058	22,030	24,833	27,286	704	→
Thurnscoe	ENG	22,954	21,610	21,482	22,038	512
Tiverton	ENG	14,805	16,772	19,544	20,411	548	→
Tonbridge	ENG	34,260	35,830	38,657	41,293	967	→
Totton	ENG	30,313	33,070	34,169	35,026	1032
Trowbridge	ENG	29,334	34,740	40,952	44,896	1098
Truro	ENG	18,966	20,920	23,041	25,162	733
Uckfield	ENG	13,531	15,374	18,452	19,811	720
Warrington	ENG	152,458	157,860	165,456	172,192	4489	→
Wellingborough	ENG	41,602	48,800	50,577	54,472	1399
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	55,964	56,490	59,910	63,549	1888
Westhoughton	ENG	20,373	24,180	26,260	26,052	623
West Kirby	ENG	25,554	25,524	25,868	25,855	854
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	71,451	77,920	84,452	89,033	1930
Weymouth	ENG	53,235	56,040	57,691	58,598	1446
Whitehaven	ENG	26,542	24,978	24,900	24,485	723
Widnes	ENG	57,162	55,680	61,464	63,829	1882	→
Wigan	ENG	174,406	167,020	175,405	180,584	4375
Winchester	ENG	36,121	42,580	46,074	49,432	1233
Windsor	ENG	30,136	30,840	33,348	34,830	808
Winsford	ENG	26,839	29,440	30,259	31,159	913	→
Wisbech	ENG	24,981	28,778	32,489	35,385	1248
Witham	ENG	22,684	22,470	25,353	26,691	622	→
Witney	ENG	20,377	24,340	29,103	30,426	717	→
Worcester	ENG	82,661	95,990	101,659	104,994	2467
Workington	ENG	29,959	26,188	27,120	27,185	757
Worksop	ENG	37,247	40,520	43,252	44,815	1222
Yate	ENG	31,973	34,890	34,406	35,284	946
Yeovil	ENG	38,805	42,060	45,784	48,590	1256	→
York	ENG	124,609	137,460	153,717	164,504	3402

All population figures and depicted boundaries are based on output areas officially assigned to the 2011 built-up areas. Output areas often include some unbuilt parts. However, tabulated area figures refer to (typically smaller) actual built-up areas in order to present a more realistic population density. Some of the 2001 figures are approximate values.
UK Office for National Statistics (web).