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UK Councils with Populations over
200,000 |
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Council |
Council
Population |
City
Status |
Largest
Town
in Council Area |
| 1 |
Birmingham |
977,087 |
Yes |
Birmingham |
| 2 |
Leeds |
715,402 |
Yes |
Leeds |
| 3 |
Glasgow |
577,869 |
Yes |
Glasgow |
| 4 |
Sheffield |
513,234 |
Yes |
Sheffield |
| 5 |
Bradford |
467,665 |
Yes |
Bradford |
| 6 |
Edinburgh |
448,624 |
Yes |
Edinburgh |
| 7 |
Liverpool |
439,473 |
Yes |
Liverpool |
| 8 |
Manchester |
392,819 |
Yes |
Manchester |
| 9 |
Kirklees |
388,567 |
No |
Huddersfield |
| 10 |
Bristol |
380,615 |
Yes |
Bristol |
| 11 |
Fife |
349,429 |
No |
Dunfermline |
| 12 |
Croydon |
330,587 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 13 |
North
Lanarkshire |
321,067 |
No |
Cumbernauld |
| 14 |
Wakefield |
315,172 |
Yes |
Wakefield |
| 15 |
Barnet |
314,564 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 16 |
East
Riding of Yorkshire |
314,113 |
No |
Bridlington |
| 17 |
Wirral |
312,293 |
No |
Birkenhead |
| 18 |
Cardiff |
305,353 |
Yes |
Cardiff |
| 19 |
Dudley |
305,155 |
No |
Dudley |
| 20 |
South
Lanarkshire |
302,216 |
No |
East
Kilbride |
| 21 |
Wigan |
301,415 |
No |
Wigan |
| 22 |
Ealing |
300,948 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 23 |
Coventry |
300,848 |
Yes |
Coventry |
| 24 |
Bromley |
295,532 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 25 |
Doncaster |
286,866 |
No |
Doncaster |
| 26 |
Stockport |
284,528 |
No |
Stockport |
| 27 |
Sefton |
282,958 |
No |
Southport |
| 28 |
Sandwell |
282,904 |
No |
West
Bromwich |
| 29 |
Sunderland |
280,807 |
Yes |
Sunderland |
| 30 |
Leicester |
279,921 |
Yes |
Leicester |
| 31 |
Belfast |
277,391 |
Yes |
Belfast |
| 32 |
Enfield |
273,559 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 33 |
Nottingham |
266,988 |
Yes |
Nottingham |
| 34 |
Lambeth |
266,169 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 35 |
Brent |
263,464 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 36 |
Bolton |
261,037 |
No |
Bolton |
| 37 |
Wandsworth |
260,380 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 38 |
Newcastle |
259,536 |
Yes |
Newcastle |
| 39 |
Walsall |
253,499 |
No |
Walsall |
| 40 |
Medway |
249,488 |
No |
Gillingham |
| 41 |
Lewisham |
248,922 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 42 |
Rotherham |
248,175 |
No |
Rotherham |
| 43 |
Brighton
and Hove |
247,817 |
Yes |
Brighton
and Hove |
| 44 |
South
Gloucestershire |
245,641 |
No |
Kingswood |
| 45 |
Southwark |
244,866 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 46 |
Newham |
243,891 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 47 |
Hull |
243,589 |
Yes |
Hull |
| 48 |
Hillingdon |
243,006 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 49 |
Plymouth |
240,720 |
Yes |
Plymouth |
| 50 |
Stoke |
240,636 |
Yes |
Stoke |
| 51 |
Redbridge |
238,635 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 52 |
Wolverhampton |
236,582 |
Yes |
Wolverhampton |
| 53 |
Rhondda,
Cynon, Taff |
231,946 |
No |
Rhondda |
| 54 |
Aberdeenshire |
226,871 |
No |
Peterhead |
| 55 |
Havering |
224,248 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 56 |
Swansea |
223,301 |
Yes |
Swansea |
| 57 |
Derby |
221,708 |
Yes |
Derby |
| 58 |
Waltham
Forest |
218,341 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 59 |
Bexley |
218,307 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 60 |
Barnsley |
218,063 |
No |
Barnsley |
| 61 |
Southampton |
217,445 |
Yes |
Southampton |
| 62 |
Oldham |
217,273 |
No |
Oldham |
| 63 |
Haringey |
216,507 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 64 |
Salford |
216,103 |
Yes |
Salford |
| 65 |
Greenwich |
214,403 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 66 |
Tameside |
213,043 |
No |
Ashton-under-Lyne |
| 67 |
Hounslow |
212,341 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 68 |
Aberdeen |
212,125 |
Yes |
Aberdeen |
| 69 |
Trafford |
210,145 |
No |
Sale |
| 70 |
Highland |
208,914 |
No |
Inverness
(Has City Status) |
| 71 |
Milton
Keynes |
207,057 |
No |
Milton
Keynes |
| 72 |
Harrow |
206,814 |
No |
London
Borough |
| 73 |
Rochdale |
205,357 |
No |
Rochdale |
| 74 |
Hackney |
202,824 |
No |
London
Borough |
Notes
The table has been compiled using the 2001 Census
publications Key
Statistics for local authorities in England and Wales Table KS01 - released
on 13 February 2003, Key
Statistics for Council areas and Health Board areas Scotland Table KS01 -
released 13 February 2003, Northern
Ireland Census 2001 Key Statistics (District Council Level) Table KS01 -
released 19 December 2002
This page was last updated: 15 Juli 2006
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