Council Populations Compared to Towns

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UK Town Populations Compared With Council Populations
	Town	Town Population	Council Population	Difference
1	Leeds	443,247	715,402	272,155
2	Wakefield	76,886	315,172	238,286
3	Wigan	81,203	301,415	220,212
4	Doncaster	67,977	286,866	218,889
5	Bradford	293,717	467,665	173,948
6	Stockport	136,082	284,528	148,446
7	Barnsley	71,599	218,063	146,464
8	Salford	72,750	216,103	143,353
9	Rotherham	117,262	248,175	130,913
10	Bolton	139,403	261,037	121,634
11	Oldham	103,544	217,273	113,729
12	Dudley	194,919	305,155	110,236
13	Rochdale	95,796	205,357	109,561
14	Sunderland	177,739	280,807	103,068
15	Walsall	170,994	253,499	82,505
16	St. Helens	102,629	176,843	74,214
17	Sheffield	439,866	513,234	73,368
18	Newcastle	189,863	259,536	69,673
19	Swansea	169,880	223,301	53,421
20	Colchester	104,390	155,796	51,406
21	York	137,505	181,094	43,589
22	Brighton and Hove	206,628	247,817	41,189
23	Blackburn	105,085	137,470	32,385
24	Aberdeen	184,788	212,125	27,337
25	Swindon	155,432	180,051	24,619
26	Milton Keynes	184,506	207,057	22,551
27	Newport	116,143	137,011	20,868
28	Telford	138,241	158,325	20,084
29	Peterborough	136,292	156,061	19,769
30	Edinburgh	430,082	448,624	18,542
31	Nottingham	249,584	266,988	17,404
32	Cardiff	292,150	305,353	13,203
33	Birmingham	970,892	977,087	6,195
34	Northampton	189,474	194,458	4,984
35	Exeter	106,772	111,076	4,304
36	Belfast	276,459	277,391	932
37	Southend	160,257	160,257	0
38	Blackpool	142,283	142,283	0
39	Portsmouth	187,056	186,701	-355
40	Westminster	181,766	181,286	-480
41	Crawley	100,547	99,744	-803
42	Luton	185,543	184,371	-1,172
43	Manchester	394,269	392,819	-1,450
44	Coventry	303,475	300,848	-2,627
45	Plymouth	243,795	240,720	-3,075
46	Bournemouth	167,527	163,444	-4,083
47	Cambridge	113,442	108,863	-4,579
48	Poole	144,800	138,288	-6,512
49	Slough	126,276	119,067	-7,209
50	Derby	229,407	221,708	-7,699
51	Middlesbrough	142,691	134,855	-7,836
52	Oxford	143,016	134,248	-8,768
53	Dundee	154,674	145,663	-9,011
54	Gloucester	123,205	109,885	-13,320
55	Wolverhampton	251,462	236,582	-14,880
56	Southampton	234,224	217,445	-16,779
57	Eastbourne	106,562	89,667	-16,895
58	Stoke	259,252	240,636	-18,616
59	Ipswich	138,718	117,069	-21,649
60	Liverpool	469,017	439,473	-29,544
61	Bristol	420,556	380,615	-39,941
62	Watford	120,960	79,726	-41234
63	Leicester	330,574	279,921	-50,653
64	Glasgow	629,501	577,869	-51,632
65	Norwich	174,047	121,550	-52,497
66	Preston	184,836	129,633	-55,203
67	Hull	301,416	243,589	-57,827
68	Reading	232,662	143,096	-89,566
69	London	7,172,091	7,185	-7,164,906
70	Sutton Coldfield	105,452	NO COUNCIL	NA
71	West Bromwich	136,940	NO COUNCIL	NA
72	Huddersfield	146,234	NO COUNCIL	NA

Notes

The town population refers to the urban area or urban sub-division population and the council population is the local authority population at the 2001 cenus.

The table includes every town with a population of over 100,000 and every council with a population of over 200,000 at the 2001 Census.

There are 6 towns with a town population of under 100,000 but a council population of over 200,000. They are Barnsley, Doncaster, Rochdale, Salford, Wakefield and Wigan.

There are 3 towns with a population of over 100,000 which don't have a council with the same name. They are Huddersfield (Kirklees Council), Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham Council) and West Bromwich (Sandwell Council).

The following sources were used to extract the population figures shown above:

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales Table KS01 - released 17 June 2004
Key Statistics for local authorities in England and Wales Table KS01 - released on 13 February 2003

General Register Office for Scotland (GROS)

Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland Table KS01 - released 25 March 2003
Key Statistics for Council areas and Health Board areas Scotland Table KS01 - released 13 February 2003

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)

Northern Ireland Census 2001 Key Statistics for Settlements Table KS01 - released 10 February 2005
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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