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
	United Kingdom	GBR	Kingd	London	242,500	56,466,680	58,789,194	63,182,178	66,980,000		→
	England	ENG	Cntry	London	130,278	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,490,048	13027800

UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Major Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21
1	London	ENG	10,552,913
2	Manchester	ENG	2,737,412
3	Birmingham	ENG	2,594,803
4	Leeds	ENG	1,877,125
5	Liverpool	ENG	895,385
6	Southampton	ENG	888,340
7	Newcastle	ENG	790,461
8	Nottingham	ENG	761,541
9	Sheffield	ENG	692,851
10	Bristol	ENG	680,527
11	Leicester	ENG	559,367

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) 1991-04-05	Population Census (C) 2001-04-29	Population Census (C) 2011-03-27	Population Census (C) 2021-03-21	Area
Abingdon (Abingdon-on-Thames)	ENG	35,234	36,320	38,676	38,323	1062
Accrington	ENG	121,081	123,370	125,059	129,220	3000
Alfreton	ENG	35,866	36,780	38,460	40,212	1379
Alton	ENG	16,005	16,410	18,261	19,970	523	→
Amersham	ENG	42,001	43,486	46,122	49,346	1551
Ampthill	ENG	17,293	19,467	20,026	22,485	484	→
Andover	ENG	34,647	38,870	42,276	51,790	1186
Ashford	ENG	52,002	60,380	74,733	84,458	1905
Ashington	ENG	27,962	27,340	27,670	28,155	606	→
Aylesbury	ENG	58,058	69,240	74,748	90,790	1648
Banbury	ENG	39,906	43,570	48,651	55,256	1204
Barnsley	ENG	214,280	212,000	223,281	236,620	5972
Barnstaple	ENG	27,691	29,740	31,616	32,909	869	→
Barrow-in-Furness	ENG	48,947	47,555	45,865	44,731	1210	→
Basildon	ENG	131,317	136,310	144,859	157,102	3712
Basingstoke	ENG	81,228	94,190	107,642	119,113	2940
Bath	ENG	85,202	89,760	94,782	101,557	2424	→
Bedford	ENG	92,150	102,100	106,940	119,180	2482
Belper	ENG	18,213	21,940	23,417	23,002	622	→
Berkhamsted	ENG	18,044	20,360	21,997	22,876	688
Beverley	ENG	23,632	29,110	30,587	30,621	724	→
Bicester	ENG	22,128	31,540	33,846	35,842	828
Bideford	ENG	22,680	26,010	28,672	30,616	870
Biggleswade	ENG	12,350	15,383	16,551	22,554	394	→
Billericay	ENG	35,474	35,830	36,338	37,308	1024
Birkenhead	ENG	334,711	319,490	325,264	331,350	8822
Birmingham	ENG	2,290,105	2,279,280	2,440,986	2,594,803	59888
Bishop Auckland	ENG	23,154	24,990	26,050	26,408	731
Bishop's Stortford	ENG	28,403	35,330	37,838	41,242	850	→
Blackburn	ENG	135,858	136,640	146,521	153,515	3561
Blackpool	ENG	234,128	236,120	239,409	241,489	6126
Blyth	ENG	35,327	35,820	37,339	39,734	843	→
Bognor Regis	ENG	56,744	61,800	63,885	69,827	1656	→
Bordon	ENG	20,406	21,050	20,978	22,151	715
Boston	ENG	34,606	35,400	41,340	45,515	1328	→
Bournemouth	ENG	404,453	429,700	466,266	490,037	13098
Braintree	ENG	35,414	45,160	53,477	55,752	1311
Brentwood	ENG	49,463	47,920	52,586	55,358	1423	→
Bridgwater	ENG	34,610	36,610	41,276	45,066	1125	→
Bridlington	ENG	31,334	33,590	35,154	34,858	868	→
Brighton and Hove	ENG	414,329	437,010	474,485	494,419	8945
Bristol	ENG	524,410	553,280	617,280	680,527	14442
Bromsgrove	ENG	40,338	45,210	49,117	51,475	1533
Brough	ENG	13,779	16,420	19,904	21,174	784
Burgess Hill	ENG	26,077	29,388	30,635	33,352	814	→
Burnham-on-Sea	ENG	19,588	21,480	23,325	23,926	775	→
Burnley	ENG	149,906	151,830	149,422	162,468	3572
Burntwood	ENG	28,801	28,900	29,244	29,791	740
Burton upon Trent	ENG	100,587	108,480	122,199	133,506	3504
Bury St Edmunds	ENG	31,237	37,150	42,812	43,047	1351
Buxton	ENG	19,854	21,251	22,115	21,169	538	→
Camborne	ENG	35,915	40,103	42,690	48,456	1361
Cambridge (/ Milton)	ENG	120,327	139,260	158,434	179,811	4214
Cannock	ENG	77,710	83,740	86,121	87,817	2193
Canterbury	ENG	39,734	46,840	55,240	58,041	1320
Canvey Island	ENG	36,406	37,480	38,170	38,322	751	→
Carlisle	ENG	72,439	73,060	78,470	79,436	2011
Castleford	ENG	57,311	56,580	60,509	67,482	1715
Chapeltown	ENG	23,479	23,080	23,056	22,543	514	→
Chelmsford	ENG	97,451	101,620	111,511	121,127	2618
Cheltenham	ENG	102,633	110,260	116,447	119,587	2887	→
Chester	ENG	84,254	86,100	90,524	96,805	2552
Chesterfield	ENG	107,345	108,340	113,057	113,265	3464
Chichester	ENG	26,572	28,110	31,654	35,540	1106
Chippenham	ENG	25,961	33,190	35,800	35,855	896	→
Clacton-on-Sea	ENG	45,065	51,284	50,548	53,208	1217	→
Clay Cross	ENG	26,673	27,290	28,665	30,272	956
Clevedon	ENG	21,670	21,655	21,002	21,078	505	→
Coalville	ENG	30,408	34,420	38,245	41,402	1103
Colchester	ENG	99,656	107,550	121,859	141,230	3265
Congleton	ENG	24,897	25,510	26,178	28,379	789	→
Consett	ENG	24,884	25,340	29,137	29,887	735
Corby	ENG	49,053	49,220	56,810	68,887	2051
Coventry	ENG	331,248	339,970	359,262	389,603	8129
Cowes	ENG	18,296	19,440	21,226	22,344	650
Cramlington	ENG	31,515	34,140	33,180	33,395	878
Crawley	ENG	152,772	168,980	180,508	198,549	5809
Crewe	ENG	68,131	71,790	75,556	81,153	2007
Crowborough	ENG	19,563	19,617	20,607	21,137	821	→
Darlington	ENG	86,767	86,460	92,363	93,417	2255	→
Daventry	ENG	18,099	21,460	23,879	26,575	748	→
Deal	ENG	28,504	29,248	30,555	30,917	682	→
Derby	ENG	237,368	242,820	270,468	283,956	6410
Dereham	ENG	12,974	17,780	20,651	21,231	636	→
Didcot	ENG	20,018	27,644	29,341	34,413	1075
Dinnington	ENG	17,691	19,090	19,860	20,345	586	→
Ditton (/ Aylesford / East Malling)	ENG	24,085	23,580	25,982	27,479	874	→
Doncaster	ENG	148,754	147,850	158,141	161,326	4352
Dorchester	ENG	15,037	16,170	19,060	21,366	492	→
Dover	ENG	39,312	38,070	41,709	43,452	1023	→
Droitwich (Droitwich Spa)	ENG	20,966	23,190	23,834	25,359	687
Dronfield	ENG	22,985	21,177	21,124	21,007	612	→
Dunscroft (Hatfield)	ENG	20,823	20,232	20,608	20,373	544
Durham	ENG	36,937	43,220	47,785	49,887	1287	→
Earl Shilton	ENG	18,083	18,366	19,578	20,536	476
Eastbourne	ENG	94,793	106,850	118,219	123,904	2513
Emsworth	ENG	18,310	18,139	18,777	20,969	616	→
Evesham	ENG	17,823	22,420	23,576	27,831	573	→
Exeter	ENG	98,125	111,520	117,763	129,625	2849
Exmouth	ENG	28,414	32,970	34,432	35,488	856	→
Falmouth	ENG	27,324	28,800	31,988	36,195	855
Farnborough	ENG	232,645	244,330	252,397	266,044	7846
Faversham	ENG	17,070	18,220	19,829	20,936	438	→
Felixstowe	ENG	28,606	29,538	29,171	30,071	1206
Fleet	ENG	30,391	32,700	38,726	42,159	1199	→
Fleetwood	ENG	27,227	26,560	25,359	25,809	514	→
Folkestone	ENG	60,156	59,830	66,429	67,353	1676
Formby	ENG	25,356	24,478	23,329	23,161	784	→
Frome	ENG	23,159	24,510	26,203	28,559	634	→
Gainsborough	ENG	19,704	19,110	20,842	22,913	596	→
Gerrards Cross (/ Chalfont St Peter)	ENG	19,523	19,622	20,633	21,767	900	→
Gillingham	ENG	222,388	231,760	243,931	255,368	5216
Gloucester	ENG	126,149	136,860	150,053	165,587	4036
Godalming	ENG	20,630	21,840	22,689	24,096	723	→
Goole	ENG	19,410	18,741	20,810	21,952	608	→
Grantham	ENG	37,002	40,320	43,833	46,807	1295
Grays	ENG	61,803	76,220	89,755	100,241	2635
Great Malvern	ENG	31,537	35,840	36,770	37,379	1352	→
Great Yarmouth	ENG	64,260	58,030	63,434	65,091	1536
Grimsby	ENG	136,456	133,760	134,160	129,700	3526
Hailsham	ENG	18,426	19,225	19,977	23,263	483	→
Harpenden	ENG	28,097	28,452	30,240	31,420	890	→
Harrogate	ENG	79,558	85,230	89,060	89,597	2290
Hartlepool	ENG	87,310	86,030	88,855	88,420	2412	→
Harwich	ENG	18,436	20,270	20,723	21,845	561
Hastings	ENG	120,044	125,400	133,422	135,802	3320
Hatfield	ENG	31,104	32,360	41,677	45,591	914
Haverhill	ENG	19,086	22,010	27,041	26,438	697	→
Haywards Heath	ENG	28,923	29,110	33,845	38,690	936	→
Hereford	ENG	54,326	56,370	60,415	61,277	1705	→
Herne Bay	ENG	60,768	65,250	70,485	72,274	1906
Hertford	ENG	38,665	41,920	45,457	48,921	1018
Heswall	ENG	31,093	29,977	29,789	29,427	1018	→
High Wycombe	ENG	120,653	124,320	133,204	140,684	3920
Hinckley	ENG	40,608	43,250	45,249	50,712	1285	→
Hitchin	ENG	32,221	33,350	36,099	37,778	920
Horsham	ENG	42,552	48,200	51,472	57,162	1261
Huntingdon	ENG	15,575	20,760	23,937	25,600	719	→
Hythe	ENG	18,538	19,600	20,201	19,843	570	→
Ipswich	ENG	146,214	156,400	178,835	185,300	4914
Kendal	ENG	25,461	28,030	29,147	30,124	858
Kenilworth	ENG	21,623	22,218	22,413	22,538	596	→
Kettering	ENG	52,735	57,800	63,675	73,284	1649
Kidderminster	ENG	54,644	57,090	57,059	59,586	1688
King's Lynn	ENG	41,281	40,920	46,093	48,915	1461	→
Kingston upon Hull (Hull)	ENG	310,636	301,410	314,018	325,134	8258
Kirkby	ENG	43,017	41,010	42,744	45,372	1312	→
Lancaster	ENG	91,154	95,200	97,150	100,193	2259
Leeds	ENG	1,598,345	1,652,570	1,777,934	1,877,125	48779
Leek	ENG	18,167	19,320	19,903	19,664	509
Leicester	ENG	426,380	452,090	508,916	559,367	10937
Leighton Buzzard	ENG	32,610	32,760	37,469	42,392	864	→
Letchworth Garden City	ENG	40,650	42,798	43,529	44,932	1212
Lichfield	ENG	28,666	28,440	32,877	34,738	868	→
Lincoln	ENG	103,601	104,020	114,879	129,114	3265
Liverpool	ENG	872,465	850,760	864,122	895,385	19961
London	ENG	8,085,300	8,669,040	9,787,426	10,552,913	173786
Loughborough	ENG	46,867	55,260	59,932	65,255	1449	→
Lowestoft	ENG	62,907	68,850	70,945	72,806	2154	→
Luton	ENG	221,337	236,320	258,018	286,450	5071
Macclesfield	ENG	60,383	61,320	63,954	65,262	2068
Maghull	ENG	29,206	28,848	26,997	26,867	670	→
Maidenhead	ENG	59,605	59,120	64,831	70,517	1854
Maidstone	ENG	...	93,670	107,627	121,723	2545	→
Maldon	ENG	15,841	20,731	21,462	22,645	517	→
Manchester	ENG	2,370,400	2,360,500	2,553,379	2,737,412	63025
Mansfield	ENG	154,966	158,840	171,958	182,497	4835
March	ENG	16,221	18,040	21,051	21,690	635	→
Margate	ENG	116,745	118,930	125,370	130,411	2789
Market Harborough	ENG	16,563	20,130	22,911	26,081	634	→
Melksham	ENG	17,247	18,210	19,357	20,257	539	→
Melton Mowbray	ENG	24,348	25,550	27,158	27,737	701	→
Middlesbrough	ENG	369,609	365,230	376,663	383,552	10819
Midsomer Norton	ENG	23,766	25,616	27,136	30,566	782
Milton Keynes	ENG	161,109	191,680	229,941	256,385	6252
Minster	ENG	19,137	20,320	22,167	25,476	657
Mountsorrel	ENG	13,177	16,267	17,297	20,285	557	→
Nailsea	ENG	21,908	21,216	20,543	20,603	738
New Addington	ENG	21,445	21,527	22,280	22,268	313	→
Newark-on-Trent	ENG	37,362	38,690	43,363	46,786	1310
Newbury	ENG	53,999	61,420	68,258	72,718	1984
Newcastle (Newcastle upon Tyne)	ENG	749,480	741,870	774,891	790,461	18052
Newmarket	ENG	18,430	18,600	20,384	20,913	766	→
Newport	ENG	20,574	22,960	24,884	25,724	675	→
Newquay	ENG	17,390	19,278	20,189	23,474	556	→
Newton Abbot	ENG	32,356	36,050	36,474	39,725	991
Newton Aycliffe	ENG	25,085	25,660	25,964	25,766	890	→
Northampton	ENG	183,082	198,380	215,963	246,699	5788
Northwich	ENG	39,580	44,760	47,421	53,249	1441
Norwich	ENG	185,420	196,610	213,166	232,440	6190
Nottingham	ENG	658,261	678,710	729,977	761,541	17636
Nuneaton	ENG	86,247	89,370	92,698	100,710	2300
Ormskirk	ENG	23,425	23,660	24,073	27,708	670	→
Oxford	ENG	128,163	153,890	171,380	183,872	3738
Paignton	ENG	102,576	113,480	115,410	123,769	3147
Peacehaven	ENG	16,517	17,541	18,579	19,943	417	→
Penzance	ENG	19,709	19,936	19,872	19,720	462
Peterborough	ENG	134,788	138,660	163,379	191,155	4424
Peterlee	ENG	40,733	39,424	37,015	36,652	1148
Plymouth	ENG	245,295	244,870	260,203	268,495	5973
Pontefract	ENG	43,048	43,453	44,710	48,980	1281
Portishead	ENG	14,721	17,340	23,699	26,366	614	→
Potters Bar	ENG	22,414	21,689	22,639	23,395	598	→
Preston	ENG	282,137	292,070	313,332	328,859	8241
Reading	ENG	277,502	303,220	318,014	355,440	8370
Redditch	ENG	75,607	77,300	82,253	84,625	2223
Redhill	ENG	47,602	50,410	56,621	61,121	1570
Retford	ENG	20,679	20,970	22,023	23,622	642	→
Romsey	ENG	17,032	17,213	17,161	19,912	524
Royal Leamington Spa	ENG	77,872	85,110	95,172	102,972	2238
Royal Tunbridge Wells	ENG	60,272	60,100	68,910	69,980	1690
Rugby	ENG	61,106	62,850	73,150	81,384	1912
Rugeley	ENG	22,975	22,720	24,033	24,386	649	→
Runcorn	ENG	64,154	61,360	62,872	63,174	2034
Rushden	ENG	29,199	32,110	37,584	40,865	919
Ryde	ENG	22,683	25,090	26,082	26,148	764
Salisbury	ENG	39,268	43,400	44,748	47,550	1128	→
Saltdean	ENG	21,487	21,410	22,729	22,826	586
Sandbach	ENG	15,839	17,630	17,976	21,916	576	→
Sandown	ENG	17,305	20,199	21,374	21,228	605
Scarborough	ENG	57,536	58,610	61,749	61,830	1449	→
Scunthorpe	ENG	75,982	72,660	79,977	81,576	2671	→
Seaford	ENG	19,622	21,850	22,584	22,862	633	→
Seaham	ENG	22,130	21,160	22,373	21,947	487	→
Selby	ENG	20,128	22,360	24,859	28,178	698
Sevenoaks	ENG	24,489	26,700	29,506	30,993	1173	→
Sheffield	ENG	632,604	641,370	685,368	692,851	16748
Shrewsbury	ENG	64,219	67,130	71,715	76,782	2149	→
Sittingbourne	ENG	38,771	42,800	48,948	52,906	1178	→
Skegness	ENG	20,907	24,100	24,876	26,350	1179	→
Slough	ENG	126,662	141,790	163,777	183,922	3414
Southampton	ENG	740,486	797,960	855,569	888,340	19203
South Elmsall (/ South Kirkby)	ENG	18,304	18,430	18,899	20,062	568
Southend-on-Sea	ENG	273,379	276,720	295,310	305,031	7183
South Ockendon	ENG	15,514	17,675	19,460	22,442	377	→
Southport	ENG	90,959	91,400	91,703	94,421	2293	→
Spalding	ENG	22,386	25,780	31,588	35,220	1165	→
Spennymoor	ENG	17,381	17,270	17,766	20,126	538	→
Stafford	ENG	61,885	63,040	69,217	70,840	2046
Stamford	ENG	17,492	20,250	20,592	21,654	553
Stanford-le-Hope	ENG	30,747	30,102	28,725	30,171	581	→
Stanley	ENG	18,905	20,386	21,938	22,248	538
St Austell	ENG	21,622	22,300	25,447	27,468	782
Stevenage	ENG	76,064	81,540	90,232	95,749	2190
St Ives	ENG	18,930	18,905	19,519	20,417	545	→
St Neots	ENG	25,841	28,040	30,811	32,838	812
Stoke-on-Trent	ENG	367,976	363,770	372,775	382,687	10390
Stourport-on-Severn	ENG	18,283	19,980	20,586	20,962	603
Stowmarket	ENG	13,229	16,950	21,028	23,161	613
Stratford-upon-Avon	ENG	22,231	22,120	27,830	30,055	847	→
Stroud	ENG	52,609	57,851	60,155	61,527	2469
Stubbington	ENG	20,924	21,710	24,644	25,166	661	→
Sudbury	ENG	19,512	20,190	22,213	23,658	623	→
Sunderland	ENG	346,528	338,860	335,415	334,224	8348
Swanley	ENG	21,081	22,471	21,839	23,489	511
Swindon	ENG	145,236	158,580	185,609	206,101	4706
Tamworth	ENG	72,988	79,290	81,964	83,889	2068
Taunton	ENG	55,855	60,570	64,621	70,811	1785
Telford	ENG	119,340	140,930	147,980	161,170	4768
Tewkesbury	ENG	14,531	15,539	19,778	20,360	622	→
Thetford	ENG	20,058	22,030	24,833	25,831	704	→
Thurnscoe	ENG	22,954	21,610	21,482	22,710	512
Tiverton	ENG	14,805	16,772	19,544	20,266	548	→
Tonbridge	ENG	34,260	35,830	38,657	41,105	967	→
Totton	ENG	30,313	33,070	34,169	33,860	1032
Trowbridge	ENG	29,334	34,740	40,952	45,066	1098
Truro	ENG	18,966	20,920	23,041	26,150	733
Wantage	ENG	16,956	17,910	18,505	21,442	443	→
Warrington	ENG	152,458	157,860	165,456	173,365	4489	→
Wellingborough	ENG	41,602	48,800	50,577	56,564	1399
Welwyn Garden City	ENG	55,964	56,490	59,910	64,204	1888
Westhoughton	ENG	20,373	24,180	26,260	26,504	623
West Kirby	ENG	25,554	25,524	25,868	25,306	854
Weston-super-Mare	ENG	71,451	77,920	84,452	88,475	1930
Weymouth	ENG	53,235	56,040	57,691	59,032	1446
Whitehaven	ENG	26,542	24,978	24,900	23,626	723
Widnes	ENG	57,162	55,680	61,464	63,629	1882	→
Wigan	ENG	174,406	167,020	175,405	180,764	4375
Winchester	ENG	36,121	42,580	46,074	49,145	1233
Windsor	ENG	30,136	30,840	33,348	34,909	808
Winsford	ENG	26,839	29,440	30,259	33,333	913	→
Wisbech	ENG	24,981	28,778	32,489	34,861	1248
Witham	ENG	22,684	22,470	25,353	27,030	622	→
Witney	ENG	20,377	24,340	29,103	31,217	717	→
Worcester	ENG	82,661	95,990	101,659	107,082	2467
Workington	ENG	29,959	26,188	27,120	27,030	757
Worksop	ENG	37,247	40,520	43,252	44,677	1222
Yate	ENG	31,973	34,890	34,406	35,297	946
Yeovil	ENG	38,805	42,060	45,784	49,698	1256	→
York	ENG	124,609	137,460	153,717	157,025	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).