This is a list of the districts of England ordered by population density, based on population estimates for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics. The densities are calculated by dividing the latest Population Estimate[1] by the Standard Area Measurement.[2]
Rank | District | Density (per km2) | Type of district | Ceremonial county |
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1 | Tower Hamlets | 16,478 | London borough | Greater London |
2 | Islington | 14,833 | London borough | Greater London |
3 | Hackney | 13,729 | London borough | Greater London |
5 | Lambeth | 11,818 | London borough | Greater London |
4 | Kensington and Chelsea | 12,053 | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
6 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 11,293 | London borough | Greater London |
7 | Southwark | 10,802 | London borough | Greater London |
9 | Newham | 9,908 | London borough | Greater London |
8 | Camden | 10,007 | London borough | Greater London |
11 | Wandsworth | 9,605 | London borough | Greater London |
10 | Westminster | 9,841 | London borough, City (1540) | Greater London |
12 | Haringey | 8,845 | London borough | Greater London |
13 | Lewisham | 8,497 | London borough | Greater London |
14 | Brent | 7,893 | London borough | Greater London |
15 | Waltham Forest | 7,109 | London borough | Greater London |
16 | Ealing | 6,660 | London borough | Greater London |
17 | Greenwich | 6,153 | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
18 | Barking and Dagenham | 6,094 | London borough | Greater London |
19 | Merton | 5,707 | London borough | Greater London |
20 | Redbridge | 5,512 | London borough | Greater London |
21 | Luton | 5,236 | Unitary authority, Borough | Bedfordshire |
23 | Harrow | 5,176 | London borough | Greater London |
24 | Portsmouth | 5,161 | Unitary authority, City (1926) | Hampshire |
22 | Hounslow | 5,190 | London borough | Greater London |
25 | Leicester | 5,091 | Unitary authority, City (1919) | Leicestershire |
26 | Southampton | 5,066 | Unitary authority, City (1964) | Hampshire |
28 | Slough | 4,892 | Unitary authority, Borough | Berkshire |
30 | Sutton | 4,791 | London borough | Greater London |
27 | Manchester | 4,920 | Metropolitan borough, City (1853) | Greater Manchester |
29 | Watford | 4,808 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
31 | Croydon | 4,535 | London borough | Greater London |
32 | Kingston upon Thames | 4,516 | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
33 | Barnet | 4,485 | London borough | Greater London |
34 | Liverpool | 4,442 | Metropolitan borough, City (1880) | Merseyside |
35 | Nottingham | 4,403 | Unitary authority, City (1897) | Nottinghamshire |
37 | Southend-on-Sea | 4,341 | Unitary authority, Borough, City (2022) | Essex |
38 | Reading | 4,327 | Unitary authority, Borough | Berkshire |
36 | Bristol | 4,368 | Unitary authority, City (1542) | Bristol |
39 | Birmingham | 4,323 | Metropolitan borough, City (1889) | West Midlands |
42 | Enfield | 4,048 | London borough | Greater London |
40 | Bexley | 4,091 | London borough | Greater London |
41 | Blackpool | 4,060 | Unitary authority, Borough | Lancashire |
43 | Sandwell | 4,023 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
44 | Wolverhampton | 3,855 | Metropolitan borough, City (2000) | West Midlands |
45 | Hull | 3,756 | Unitary authority, City (1897) | East Riding of Yorkshire |
47 | Norwich | 3,704 | City (TI) | Norfolk |
48 | Cambridge | 3,612 | City (1951) | Cambridgeshire |
50 | Oxford | 3,580 | City (1542) | Oxfordshire |
51 | Ipswich | 3,524 | Borough | Suffolk |
49 | Coventry | 3,605 | Metropolitan borough, City (1102) | West Midlands |
52 | Stevenage | 3,456 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
53 | Worthing | 3,445 | Borough | West Sussex |
54 | Richmond upon Thames | 3,396 | London borough | Greater London |
55 | Derby | 3,377 | Unitary authority, City (1977) | Derbyshire |
56 | Brighton & Hove | 3,356 | Unitary authority, City (2000) | East Sussex |
57 | Plymouth | 3,342 | Unitary authority, City (1928) | Devon |
58 | Dudley | 3,317 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
59 | Gloucester | 3,293 | City (1541) | Gloucestershire |
60 | Gosport | 3,243 | Borough | Hampshire |
61 | Worcester | 3,129 | City (TI) | Worcestershire |
62 | Harlow | 3,092 | Essex | |
63 | Hastings | 3,041 | Borough | East Sussex |
46 | City of London | 3,753 | City (TI), sui generis | City of London |
64 | Lincoln | 2,873 | City (TI) | Lincolnshire |
65 | Exeter | 2,869 | City (TI) | Devon |
66 | Salford | 2,861 | Metropolitan borough, City (1926) | Greater Manchester |
67 | Stoke-on-Trent | 2,782 | Unitary authority, City (1925) | Staffordshire |
68 | Walsall | 2,752 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
69 | Middlesbrough | 2,752 | Unitary authority, Borough | North Yorkshire |
70 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 2,711 | Metropolitan borough, City (1882) | Tyne and Wear |
71 | Hillingdon | 2,685 | London borough | Greater London |
72 | Crawley | 2,657 | Borough | West Sussex |
73 | Rushmoor | 2,588 | Borough | Hampshire |
74 | Tamworth | 2,581 | Borough | Staffordshire |
75 | Cheltenham | 2,563 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
76 | North Tyneside | 2,558 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
77 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 2,480 | Unitary authority | Dorset |
78 | Oadby and Wigston | 2,480 | Borough | Leicestershire |
79 | Epsom and Ewell | 2,382 | Borough | Surrey |
80 | Stockport | 2,357 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
81 | Havering | 2,356 | London borough | Greater London |
82 | Eastbourne | 2,315 | Borough | East Sussex |
83 | South Tyneside | 2,308 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
84 | Spelthorne | 2,307 | Borough | Surrey |
85 | Tameside | 2,256 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
86 | Havant | 2,240 | Borough | Hampshire |
87 | Trafford | 2,228 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
88 | Torbay | 2,218 | Unitary authority, Borough | Devon |
89 | Bromley | 2,195 | London borough | Greater London |
90 | Bolton | 2,138 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
92 | Castle Point | 2,009 | Borough | Essex |
91 | Sunderland | 2,018 | Metropolitan borough, City (1992) | Tyne and Wear |
93 | Wirral | 2,004 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
94 | Bury | 1,957 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
95 | Broxbourne | 1,926 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
96 | Knowsley | 1,816 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
97 | Sefton | 1,795 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
98 | Wigan | 1,776 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
99 | Eastleigh | 1,743 | Borough | Hampshire |
100 | Basildon | 1,717 | Essex | |
102 | Oldham | 1,714 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
101 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1,716 | Borough | Warwickshire |
103 | Woking | 1,638 | Borough | Surrey |
105 | Halton | 1,631 | Unitary authority, Borough | Cheshire |
104 | Dartford | 1,634 | Borough | Kent |
106 | Redditch | 1,606 | Borough | Worcestershire |
107 | Chesterfield | 1,577 | Borough | Derbyshire |
108 | Fareham | 1,543 | Borough | Hampshire |
110 | Adur | 1,538 | West Sussex | |
109 | Sheffield | 1,539 | Metropolitan borough, City (1893) | South Yorkshire |
111 | Bradford | 1,508 | Metropolitan borough, City (1897) | West Yorkshire |
112 | Leeds | 1,491 | Metropolitan borough, City (1893) | West Yorkshire |
113 | Elmbridge | 1,473 | Borough | Surrey |
114 | Medway | 1,459 | Unitary authority, Borough | Kent |
115 | Mansfield | 1,449 | Nottinghamshire | |
116 | Rochdale | 1,435 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
117 | Broxtowe | 1,400 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
118 | Gateshead | 1,389 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
119 | Thanet | 1,358 | Kent | |
120 | St Helens | 1,355 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
121 | Cannock Chase | 1,282 | Staffordshire | |
122 | Solihull | 1,221 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
123 | Reigate and Banstead | 1,190 | Borough | Surrey |
124 | Warrington | 1,171 | Unitary authority, Borough | Cheshire |
125 | Ashfield | 1,161 | Nottinghamshire | |
126 | Bracknell Forest | 1,160 | Unitary authority, Borough | Berkshire |
128 | Blackburn with Darwen | 1,137 | Unitary authority, Borough | Lancashire |
129 | Runnymede | 1,134 | Borough | Surrey |
127 | Hyndburn | 1,140 | Borough | Lancashire |
130 | Gravesham | 1,081 | Borough | Kent |
131 | Thurrock | 1,080 | Unitary authority, Borough | Essex |
133 | Hertsmere | 1,069 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
132 | Kirklees | 1,071 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
135 | Three Rivers | 1,060 | Hertfordshire | |
136 | Wakefield | 1,056 | Metropolitan borough, City (1888) | West Yorkshire |
134 | Preston | 1,065 | City (2002) | Lancashire |
137 | Erewash | 1,031 | Borough | Derbyshire |
138 | Swindon | 1,024 | Unitary authority, Borough | Wiltshire |
139 | Wokingham | 1,011 | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
140 | Hartlepool | 1,002 | Unitary authority, Borough | Durham |
141 | South Ribble | 991 | Borough | Lancashire |
142 | Gedling | 981 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
143 | Stockton-on-Tees | 976 | Unitary authority, Borough | Durham and North Yorkshire |
144 | Surrey Heath | 959 | Borough | Surrey |
145 | Milton Keynes | 947 | Unitary authority, Borough | Buckinghamshire |
146 | Rotherham | 937 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
147 | Welwyn Hatfield | 928 | Hertfordshire | |
148 | St Albans | 920 | City (1877) | Hertfordshire |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Barrow-in-Furness | Borough | Cumbria | |
149 | Burnley | 863 | Borough | Lancashire |
150 | North East Lincolnshire | 819 | Unitary authority, Borough | Lincolnshire |
154 | York | 752 | Unitary authority, City (TI) | North Yorkshire |
151 | Blaby | 799 | Leicestershire | |
152 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 787 | Unitary authority, Royal Borough | Berkshire |
155 | Barnsley | 749 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
156 | Dacorum | 735 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
153 | Arun | 753 | West Sussex | |
157 | Charnwood | 662 | Borough | Leicestershire |
160 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 594 | Borough | Staffordshire |
158 | Telford and Wrekin | 651 | Unitary authority, Borough | Shropshire |
159 | Peterborough | 634 | Unitary authority, City (1541) | Cambridgeshire |
162 | Colchester | 592 | Borough | Essex |
166 | Calderdale | 571 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
164 | Chorley | 585 | Borough | Lancashire |
163 | North Somerset | 586 | Unitary authority | Somerset |
165 | Great Yarmouth | 573 | Borough | Norfolk |
161 | South Gloucestershire | 593 | Unitary authority | Gloucestershire |
169 | Redcar and Cleveland | 560 | Unitary authority, Borough | North Yorkshire |
168 | Bath and North East Somerset | 566 | Unitary authority | Somerset |
172 | Doncaster | 548 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
174 | Guildford | 538 | Borough | Surrey |
170 | Tonbridge and Malling | 557 | Borough | Kent |
167 | Pendle | 567 | Borough | Lancashire |
171 | Darlington | 554 | Unitary authority, Borough | Durham |
179 | Canterbury | 510 | City (TI) | Kent |
173 | Chelmsford | 541 | City (2012) | Essex |
176 | Wyre Forest | 524 | Worcestershire | |
178 | Rossendale | 516 | Borough | Lancashire |
177 | Rochford | 522 | Essex | |
175 | Warwick | 534 | Warwickshire | |
181 | Brentwood | 505 | Borough | Essex |
180 | Bolsover | 509 | Derbyshire | |
182 | Fylde | 501 | Borough | Lancashire |
183 | Amber Valley | 478 | Borough | Derbyshire |
184 | Hart | 469 | Hampshire | |
186 | Bromsgrove | 461 | Worcestershire | |
185 | Mid Sussex | 464 | West Sussex | |
187 | Maidstone | 459 | Borough | Kent |
188 | Tendring | 450 | Essex | |
189 | Central Bedfordshire | 421 | Unitary authority | Bedfordshire |
202 | Buckinghamshire | 358 | Unitary authority | Buckinghamshire |
190 | Swale | 414 | Borough | Kent |
191 | Wyre | 407 | Borough | Lancashire |
192 | Epping Forest | 398 | Essex | |
196 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 384 | Borough | Leicestershire |
200 | Isle of Wight | 371 | Unitary authority, County | Isle of Wight |
193 | Cheshire West and Chester | 393 | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
199 | Dover | 373 | Kent | |
198 | North East Derbyshire | 377 | Derbyshire | |
195 | North West Leicestershire | 385 | Leicestershire | |
197 | Waverley | 377 | Borough | Surrey |
194 | Bedford | 393 | Unitary authority, Borough | Bedfordshire |
205 | Tunbridge Wells | 350 | Borough | Kent |
203 | North Hertfordshire | 357 | Hertfordshire | |
204 | Tandridge | 357 | Surrey | |
207 | Lewes | 345 | East Sussex | |
209 | Mole Valley | 340 | Surrey | |
208 | West Lancashire | 344 | Lancashire | |
206 | Cheshire East | 349 | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
212 | Sevenoaks | 328 | Kent | |
217 | Folkestone and Hythe | 309 | Kent | |
213 | Lichfield | 327 | Staffordshire | |
215 | East Hertfordshire | 319 | Hertfordshire | |
211 | South Derbyshire | 329 | Derbyshire | |
214 | East Staffordshire | 325 | Borough | Staffordshire |
210 | Rugby | 332 | Borough | Warwickshire |
218 | Rushcliffe | 297 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
219 | Basingstoke and Deane | 296 | Borough | Hampshire |
222 | South Staffordshire | 274 | Staffordshire | |
220 | Horsham | 280 | West Sussex | |
223 | Stroud | 268 | Gloucestershire | |
221 | Cherwell | 279 | Oxfordshire | |
225 | Lancaster | 255 | City (1937) | Lancashire |
224 | Braintree | 258 | Essex | |
230 | New Forest | 234 | Hampshire | |
229 | County Durham | 237 | Unitary authority | County Durham |
226 | East Hampshire | 247 | Hampshire | |
228 | Broadland | 242 | Norfolk | |
227 | Vale of White Horse | 246 | Oxfordshire | |
234 | North Warwickshire | 232 | Borough | Warwickshire |
233 | Stafford | 232 | Staffordshire | |
235 | West Berkshire | 230 | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
232 | Tewkesbury | 234 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
231 | Ashford | 234 | Borough | Kent |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Sedgemoor | Somerset | ||
236 | South Oxfordshire | 224 | Oxfordshire | |
241 | North Lincolnshire | 201 | Unitary authority, Borough | Lincolnshire |
237 | Test Valley | 212 | Borough | Hampshire |
240 | Teignbridge | 202 | Devon | |
243 | East Suffolk | 196 | Suffolk | |
238 | Huntingdonshire | 203 | Cambridgeshire | |
244 | Wealden | 196 | East Sussex | |
239 | Wychavon | 203 | Worcestershire | |
245 | Boston | 195 | Borough | Lincolnshire |
242 | Winchester | 197 | City (TI) | Hampshire |
251 | Rother | 185 | East Sussex | |
246 | Newark and Sherwood | 192 | Nottinghamshire | |
248 | Fenland | 189 | Cambridgeshire | |
250 | Bassetlaw | 188 | Nottinghamshire | |
249 | Maldon | 189 | Essex | |
247 | East Devon | 190 | Devon | |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | South Somerset | Somerset | ||
252 | South Cambridgeshire | 184 | Cambridgeshire | |
253 | West Suffolk | 176 | Borough | Suffolk |
255 | High Peak | 169 | Borough | Derbyshire |
257 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 167 | Staffordshire | |
258 | Forest of Dean | 167 | Gloucestershire | |
260 | Cornwall | 162 | Unitary authority | Cornwall |
254 | Harborough | 170 | Leicestershire | |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Mendip | Somerset | ||
263 | Babergh | 159 | Suffolk | |
259 | West Oxfordshire | 164 | Oxfordshire | |
261 | Chichester | 160 | West Sussex | |
264 | Wiltshire | 158 | Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
262 | South Norfolk | 159 | Norfolk | |
266 | South Kesteven | 153 | Lincolnshire | |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Selby | North Yorkshire | ||
265 | Dorset | 154 | Unitary authority | Dorset |
267 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 144 | Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
268 | Uttlesford | 144 | Essex | |
271 | Isles of Scilly | 140 | sui generis | Cornwall |
272 | East Cambridgeshire | 137 | Cambridgeshire | |
270 | Malvern Hills | 140 | Worcestershire | |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Scarborough | Borough | North Yorkshire | |
269 | Stratford-on-Avon | 142 | Warwickshire | |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Somerset West and Taunton | Borough | Somerset | |
273 | North Kesteven | 130 | Lincolnshire | |
274 | South Holland | 129 | Lincolnshire | |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Harrogate | North Yorkshire | ||
275 | Mid Suffolk | 121 | Suffolk | |
281 | North Norfolk | 107 | Norfolk | |
276 | Breckland | 110 | Norfolk | |
277 | Melton | 109 | Borough | Leicestershire |
278 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 108 | Borough | Norfolk |
String Module Error: String subset index out of range | Carlisle | City (1133) | Cumbria | |
280 | Rutland | 108 | Unitary authority | Rutland |
279 | Ribble Valley | 108 | Borough | Lancashire |
282 | Shropshire | 102 | Unitary authority | Shropshire |