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.

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 Census (C) 2021-03-21	Population Estimate (E) 2024-06-30
England	ENG	Cntry	London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,490,048	58,620,101	13027800
United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,920,000	69,281,437		→

UK Office for National Statistics.

Major Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21
1	London	ENG	10,558,797
2	Manchester	ENG	2,720,316
3	Birmingham	ENG	2,590,363
4	Leeds	ENG	1,860,546
5	Liverpool	ENG	891,211
6	Southampton	ENG	888,145
7	Newcastle	ENG	790,636
8	Nottingham	ENG	762,786
9	Sheffield	ENG	688,981
10	Bristol	ENG	680,377
11	Leicester	ENG	559,017
12	Brighton and Hove	ENG	518,745

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.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21	Area
Abingdon-on-Thames (Abingdon)	ENG	35,539	37,746	37,495	1083
Accrington	ENG	119,176	120,816	124,876	3165
Alfreton	ENG	36,782	38,460	40,212	1434
Alton	ENG	15,961	17,718	19,177	608	→
Amersham	ENG	42,792	45,391	48,599	1632
Ampthill	ENG	19,467	20,026	22,485	537	→
Andover	ENG	39,106	42,878	52,938	1357
Ashford	ENG	59,613	73,697	83,213	2123
Ashington	ENG	27,462	27,789	28,278	771	→
Aylesbury	ENG	69,442	76,378	94,238	2320
Banbury	ENG	43,773	48,853	56,795	1517
Barnsley	ENG	209,176	220,334	233,309	6352
Barnstaple	ENG	30,410	32,303	34,071	1000	→
Barrow-in-Furness	ENG	58,943	56,516	55,251	1629	→
Basildon	ENG	136,739	145,105	158,187	4032
Basingstoke	ENG	94,501	108,019	121,562	3150
Bath	ENG	89,512	94,577	100,822	2552	→
Bedford	ENG	103,266	108,977	124,878	2878
Belper	ENG	21,132	22,341	21,957	640	→
Berkhamsted	ENG	20,030	21,679	22,518	691
Beverley	ENG	29,211	30,835	30,927	831	→
Bicester	ENG	31,767	34,200	39,123	1052
Bideford	ENG	25,507	27,930	29,867	911
Biggleswade	ENG	14,730	15,969	21,961	566	→
Billericay	ENG	35,582	36,030	36,996	1067
Birkenhead	ENG	319,658	325,450	331,588	9202
Birmingham	ENG	2,275,460	2,437,235	2,590,363	57913
Bishop Auckland	ENG	25,999	27,016	27,465	781
Bishop's Stortford	ENG	35,199	37,492	40,909	1006	→
Blackburn	ENG	136,143	145,916	152,877	3780
Blackpool	ENG	236,190	239,732	241,657	6391
Blyth	ENG	36,005	37,465	39,732	1177	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	61,694	63,779	69,700	1737	→
Bordon	ENG	20,891	20,771	22,200	792
Boston	ENG	35,221	41,214	45,339	1413	→
Bournemouth	ENG	425,997	462,307	485,976	12941
Braintree	ENG	44,825	52,888	55,259	1507
Brentwood	ENG	47,925	52,586	55,358	1440	→
Bridgwater	ENG	36,779	41,976	49,623	1297	→
Bridlington	ENG	33,590	35,154	34,858	935	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	459,263	498,327	518,745	9866
Bristol	ENG	551,675	615,451	680,377	15034
Bromsgrove	ENG	44,429	48,313	50,151	1616
Brough	ENG	16,450	19,946	21,256	998
Burgess Hill	ENG	29,388	30,635	33,352	884	→
Burnham-on-Sea	ENG	21,477	23,325	23,926	851	→
Burnley	ENG	149,213	146,784	159,886	3609
Burntwood	ENG	28,302	28,048	28,562	782
Burton upon Trent	ENG	108,188	121,880	133,833	4043
Bury St Edmunds	ENG	37,148	42,812	43,047	1564
Buxton	ENG	21,251	22,115	21,169	620	→
Calne	ENG	14,515	18,135	19,732	487	→
Camborne	ENG	39,649	42,152	47,871	1542
Cambridge	ENG	138,682	157,810	181,137	4667
Cannock	ENG	83,016	86,241	87,888	2448
Canterbury	ENG	46,529	54,928	57,708	1468
Canvey Island	ENG	37,164	37,835	38,003	935	→
Carlisle	ENG	73,244	78,817	81,046	2287
Castleford	ENG	56,822	60,712	67,329	1960
Chapeltown (/ High Green)	ENG	22,699	22,672	22,185	536	→
Chelmsford	ENG	102,037	111,729	121,545	2936
Cheltenham	ENG	110,343	116,495	120,553	2962	→
Chester	ENG	85,147	89,718	96,510	2682
Chesterfield	ENG	107,918	112,433	112,664	3616
Chichester	ENG	28,536	32,138	36,281	1273
Chippenham	ENG	33,106	35,563	36,092	987	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	51,284	50,548	53,208	1341	→
Clay Cross	ENG	27,042	28,414	29,965	1081
Clevedon	ENG	21,655	21,002	21,078	545	→
Coalville	ENG	33,910	37,620	40,827	1310
Colchester	ENG	110,485	124,766	143,330	3825
Congleton	ENG	25,768	26,588	30,015	964	→
Consett	ENG	27,647	31,726	33,223	870
Corby	ENG	49,396	57,181	71,207	2734
Coventry	ENG	339,350	358,628	388,758	9184
Cowes	ENG	19,427	21,361	22,798	687
Cramlington	ENG	34,247	33,348	33,645	1124
Crawley	ENG	164,309	175,496	197,700	6145
Crewe	ENG	72,746	77,104	82,746	2176
Crowborough	ENG	20,281	21,275	21,990	884	→
Darlington	ENG	86,574	92,355	93,278	2500	→
Daventry	ENG	21,429	24,713	27,786	912	→
Deal	ENG	28,854	30,083	30,297	707	→
Derby	ENG	243,150	270,797	290,131	7089
Dereham	ENG	17,510	20,171	20,785	665	→
Devizes	ENG	14,376	18,064	19,472	574	→
Didcot	ENG	27,970	29,658	39,170	1223
Dinnington	ENG	18,822	19,591	20,098	598	→
Doncaster	ENG	146,933	157,094	160,220	5093
Dorchester	ENG	16,170	19,060	21,366	546	→
Dover	ENG	37,447	41,088	42,871	1101	→
Droitwich Spa (Droitwich)	ENG	23,159	23,806	26,410	807
Dronfield	ENG	21,330	21,261	21,146	620	→
Dunscroft (/ Hatfield)	ENG	19,866	20,348	20,000	571
Durham	ENG	42,452	46,819	50,515	1484	→
Earl Shilton	ENG	18,366	19,578	20,536	516
Eastbourne	ENG	106,818	117,760	123,478	2630
Ely	ENG	13,667	18,883	19,189	546	→
Emsworth	ENG	17,525	18,201	20,353	686	→
Evesham	ENG	22,536	23,679	28,252	703	→
Exeter	ENG	111,713	118,428	133,620	3254
Exmouth	ENG	32,971	34,432	35,488	971	→
Falmouth	ENG	29,231	32,452	36,054	963
Farnborough	ENG	245,667	254,499	266,358	8190
Faversham	ENG	18,221	19,829	20,936	566	→
Felixstowe	ENG	29,141	28,790	29,678	1298
Fleet	ENG	33,346	39,078	43,426	1343	→
Fleetwood	ENG	26,841	25,939	26,232	684	→
Folkestone	ENG	59,689	66,249	67,454	1793
Formby	ENG	24,163	23,022	22,886	769	→
Frome	ENG	23,935	25,659	27,898	692	→
Gainsborough	ENG	19,111	20,842	22,913	726	→
Gerrards Cross	ENG	19,622	20,633	21,767	902	→
Gillingham	ENG	230,261	242,350	253,597	5124
Gloucester	ENG	136,538	150,344	169,061	4484
Godalming	ENG	21,837	22,689	24,096	881	→
Goole	ENG	18,450	20,535	21,650	658	→
Grantham	ENG	40,219	43,758	46,778	1428
Grays	ENG	75,672	88,880	99,462	2766
Great Malvern	ENG	35,312	36,173	36,809	1405	→
Great Yarmouth	ENG	58,032	63,434	65,091	1640
Grimsby	ENG	138,948	140,171	137,021	3966
Hailsham	ENG	19,121	19,869	22,551	592	→
Harpenden	ENG	28,452	30,240	31,420	964	→
Harrogate	ENG	86,666	89,513	91,295	2563
Hartlepool	ENG	85,556	88,516	87,984	2673	→
Harwich	ENG	19,720	20,241	21,194	623
Hastings	ENG	125,077	133,111	135,493	3459
Hatfield	ENG	32,251	41,512	45,583	943
Haverhill	ENG	21,919	26,846	26,710	793	→
Haywards Heath	ENG	29,551	34,301	40,184	1039	→
Hereford	ENG	55,832	59,748	61,014	1825	→
Herne Bay	ENG	65,147	70,332	71,943	1997
Hertford	ENG	41,552	44,928	48,424	1082
Heswall	ENG	29,633	29,471	29,079	1018	→
High Wycombe	ENG	122,394	131,272	138,689	4033
Hinckley	ENG	43,249	45,249	50,712	1470	→
Hitchin	ENG	33,351	36,099	37,778	946
Horsham	ENG	47,930	51,169	56,900	1357
Huntingdon	ENG	20,760	23,937	25,600	784	→
Hythe (/ Dibden Purlieu)	ENG	19,600	20,201	19,843	566	→
Ipswich	ENG	156,857	179,210	185,982	5204
Kendal	ENG	27,966	29,093	30,317	905
Kenilworth	ENG	21,978	22,089	22,230	719	→
Kettering	ENG	58,010	63,886	73,588	1969
Keynsham	ENG	15,448	15,551	19,261	487	→
Kidderminster	ENG	56,772	56,693	59,025	1749
King's Lynn	ENG	39,857	44,830	47,610	1552	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	299,771	312,694	323,634	8465
Kirkby	ENG	44,250	45,416	47,908	1484	→
Lancaster	ENG	95,523	97,374	101,991	2343
Larkfield (incl. Ditton)	ENG	23,241	25,510	26,893	888	→
Leeds	ENG	1,636,324	1,760,843	1,860,546	44720
Leek	ENG	19,319	19,903	19,664	579
Lee-on-the-Solent (incl. Stubbington)	ENG	21,064	24,460	24,314	725	→
Leicester	ENG	451,449	508,451	559,017	11508
Leighton Buzzard	ENG	32,368	37,089	42,727	1049	→
Letchworth (Letchworth Garden City)	ENG	42,496	43,203	44,600	1232
Lichfield	ENG	28,437	32,877	34,738	1067	→
Lincoln	ENG	103,982	114,809	129,305	3397
Liverpool	ENG	845,660	859,126	891,211	20429
London	ENG	8,674,737	9,790,590	10,558,797	165741
Loughborough	ENG	54,922	59,627	64,884	1597	→
Lowestoft	ENG	68,562	70,661	72,459	2191	→
Luton	ENG	236,391	258,096	286,803	5390
Macclesfield	ENG	60,480	63,080	64,199	1916
Maghull	ENG	28,848	26,997	26,867	721	→
Maidenhead	ENG	57,946	63,628	69,036	1897
Maidstone	ENG	90,352	104,085	117,843	2723	→
Maldon	ENG	21,117	21,868	23,384	690	→
Manchester	ENG	2,344,790	2,537,025	2,720,316	59186
Mansfield	ENG	156,610	169,415	179,797	5214
March	ENG	17,993	20,917	21,354	657	→
Margate	ENG	119,083	125,572	131,114	2915
Market Harborough	ENG	19,997	22,986	25,682	820	→
Melksham	ENG	18,946	20,402	23,338	641	→
Melton Mowbray	ENG	25,249	26,824	27,457	802	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	365,144	376,623	383,613	11860
Midsomer Norton	ENG	25,282	26,816	30,241	833
Milton Keynes	ENG	189,711	228,549	264,349	6948
Minster	ENG	20,625	21,737	25,044	734
Mountsorrel	ENG	15,534	16,521	19,229	606	→
Nailsea	ENG	21,216	20,543	20,603	771
Nantwich	ENG	13,704	17,386	19,531	522
Newark-on-Trent	ENG	38,462	42,785	46,262	1445
Newbury	ENG	60,458	66,869	71,829	2146
Newcastle upon Tyne	ENG	739,716	772,002	790,636	18927
Newmarket	ENG	18,597	20,384	20,913	765	→
Newport	ENG	22,631	24,595	25,407	738	→
Newquay	ENG	19,562	20,457	24,547	662	→
Newton Abbot	ENG	36,767	37,010	42,090	1090
Newton Aycliffe	ENG	25,657	25,964	25,766	984	→
Northampton	ENG	196,660	218,448	249,093	6414
Northwich	ENG	45,016	47,713	53,629	1644
Norwich	ENG	195,966	212,407	230,822	6672
Nottingham	ENG	680,202	731,009	762,786	18261
Nuneaton	ENG	88,107	91,427	99,372	2575
Ormskirk	ENG	23,662	24,073	27,708	726	→
Oswestry (Croesowallt)	ENG	16,660	18,743	19,483	609	→
Oxford	ENG	153,663	171,329	183,622	4034
Paignton	ENG	111,209	113,222	121,598	3138
Peacehaven	ENG	17,541	18,579	19,943	448	→
Penzance	ENG	19,936	19,872	19,720	462
Peterborough	ENG	137,552	162,430	192,178	4904
Peterlee	ENG	38,807	36,383	36,071	1215
Plymouth	ENG	243,908	259,588	268,292	6240
Pontefract	ENG	43,245	44,535	48,816	1532
Portishead	ENG	17,344	23,699	26,366	614	→
Potters Bar	ENG	21,659	22,654	23,398	615	→
Preston	ENG	291,211	312,644	328,924	9295
Reading	ENG	302,697	317,390	355,514	8929
Redditch	ENG	77,382	82,395	85,286	2325
Redhill	ENG	54,883	61,671	66,248	1656
Retford	ENG	21,064	22,101	23,740	735	→
Romsey	ENG	17,213	17,161	19,912	609	→
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	84,617	94,676	103,092	2630
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	59,792	68,568	69,560	1811
Rugby	ENG	62,919	73,612	85,810	2600
Rugeley	ENG	22,975	24,412	26,156	731	→
Runcorn	ENG	60,524	61,848	62,211	2111
Rushden	ENG	32,804	38,231	41,517	1043
Ryde	ENG	25,342	26,548	26,618	772
Salisbury	ENG	43,519	44,878	47,690	1244	→
Saltdean	ENG	21,410	22,729	22,826	586
Sandbach	ENG	16,728	17,102	21,080	637	→
Sandown	ENG	20,199	21,374	21,228	675
Scarborough	ENG	58,340	61,475	61,285	1609	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	72,370	79,681	81,286	2957	→
Seaford	ENG	22,826	23,571	23,865	667	→
Seaham	ENG	20,847	22,107	21,680	583	→
Selby	ENG	22,090	24,577	27,898	747
Sevenoaks	ENG	26,568	29,364	31,341	1275	→
Sheffield	ENG	637,497	681,338	688,981	16689
Shrewsbury	ENG	66,535	71,090	75,992	2313	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	43,368	49,622	54,392	1406	→
Skegness	ENG	23,781	24,579	26,065	1441	→
Slough	ENG	140,872	162,803	182,817	3588
Southampton	ENG	794,666	852,236	888,145	20095
South Elmsall (/ South Kirkby)	ENG	18,426	18,899	20,062	658
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	276,023	294,686	304,798	6921
South Ockendon	ENG	17,674	19,460	22,442	396	→
Southport	ENG	91,405	91,703	94,421	2572	→
Spalding	ENG	25,617	31,443	35,064	1250	→
Spennymoor	ENG	17,443	17,962	20,419	629	→
Stafford	ENG	63,391	69,623	72,368	2263
Stamford	ENG	20,252	20,592	21,654	612
Stanford-le-Hope	ENG	30,310	28,930	30,409	1026	→
Stanley	ENG	20,837	22,441	22,749	596
St Austell	ENG	22,298	25,447	27,468	833
Stevenage	ENG	80,994	89,484	94,987	2234
St Ives	ENG	18,858	19,280	20,188	637	→
St Neots	ENG	27,948	31,550	33,882	916
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	361,439	370,418	380,351	10601
Stourport-on-Severn	ENG	19,711	20,292	20,653	609
Stowmarket	ENG	17,239	21,295	23,553	769
Stratford-upon-Avon	ENG	22,305	27,770	29,812	1037	→
Stroud	ENG	57,114	59,379	61,252	2481
Sudbury	ENG	20,307	22,338	23,912	701	→
Sunderland	ENG	337,358	334,022	332,932	8864
Swanley	ENG	22,223	21,593	23,223	577
Swindon	ENG	158,694	186,481	211,691	5116
Tamworth	ENG	78,848	81,388	83,666	2348
Taunton	ENG	60,137	64,614	72,096	1994
Telford	ENG	139,245	146,519	162,496	5680
Tewkesbury	ENG	17,064	19,959	20,352	679	→
Thetford	ENG	21,855	24,649	25,492	742	→
Thurnscoe	ENG	21,751	22,056	24,068	617
Tiverton	ENG	16,634	18,849	19,708	617	→
Tonbridge	ENG	31,147	33,650	36,115	976	→
Totton	ENG	32,444	33,524	33,259	1105
Trowbridge	ENG	34,900	41,109	45,297	1176
Truro	ENG	20,808	22,753	25,899	870
Uckfield	ENG	15,374	18,452	19,405	720
Wantage	ENG	17,856	18,452	21,051	560	→
Warrington	ENG	158,146	166,423	174,954	4817	→
Wellingborough	ENG	48,798	50,577	56,564	1682
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	55,881	59,689	63,795	1900
Westhoughton	ENG	23,910	25,879	26,040	672
West Kirby	ENG	25,180	25,498	24,948	830
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	77,405	83,876	90,349	2056
Weymouth	ENG	56,083	57,803	59,518	1637
Whitehaven	ENG	24,848	24,840	23,847	767
Widnes	ENG	55,502	60,931	62,792	2273	→
Wigan	ENG	165,581	173,904	179,144	4629
Winchester	ENG	42,693	46,185	49,981	1442
Windsor	ENG	30,270	32,752	34,303	894
Winsford	ENG	28,922	29,756	32,527	1035	→
Wisbech	ENG	28,475	32,091	34,449	1282
Witham	ENG	22,550	25,425	27,389	695	→
Witney	ENG	24,602	29,351	31,753	825	→
Worcester	ENG	95,813	101,393	108,237	2662
Workington	ENG	27,073	28,020	27,908	925
Worksop	ENG	40,760	43,626	45,218	1410
Yarm	ENG	18,473	18,598	19,848	693
Yate	ENG	35,011	34,519	37,041	1053
Yeovil	ENG	42,285	46,019	50,176	1334	→
York	ENG	138,731	155,374	159,802	3511

All population figures and depicted boundaries are based on output areas officially assigned to the 2022 built-up areas and combined like 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 older figures are approximate values.
UK Office for National Statistics.