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Home > Populations >UK Town Populations Compared With Council Populations (2011 Census)

Town Town Population Council Population Difference
1 Leeds 474,632 751,485 276,853
2 Dudley 79,379 312,925 233,546
3 Wakefield 99,251 325,837 226,586
4 Wigan 103,608 317,849 214,241
5 Walsall 67,594 269,323 201,729
6 Doncaster 109,805 302,402 192,597
7 Stockport 105,878 283,275 177,397
8 Bradford 349,561 522,452 172,891
9 Rotherham 109,691 257,280 147,589
10 Barnsley 91,297 231,221 139,924
11 Salford 103,886 233,933 130,047
12 Oldham 96,555 224,897 128,342
13 Rochdale 107,926 211,699 103,773
14 Sunderland 174,286 275,506 101,220
15 Solihull 123,187 206,674 83,487
16 Bolton 194,189 276,786 82,597
17 Gateshead 120,046 200,214 80,168
18 Milton Keynes 171,750 248,821 77,071
19 Swansea 179,485 239,023 59,538
20 Brighton and Hove 229,700 273,369 43,669
21 Warrington 165,456 202,228 36,772
22 Sheffield 518,090 552,698 34,608
23 Aberdeen 195,021 222,793 27,772
24 Swindon 182,441 209,156 26,715
25 Plymouth 234,982 256,384 21,402
26 Edinburgh 459,366 476,626 17,260
27 Nottingham 289,301 305,680 16,379
28 Newcastle 268,064 280,177 12,113
29 Cardiff 335,145 346,090 10,945
30 Glasgow 590,507 593,245 2,738
31 Belfast 280,211 280,962 751
32 Westminster 218,791 219,396 605
33 Northampton 215,173 212,069 -3,104
34 Derby 255,394 248,752 -6,642
35 Manchester 510,746 503,127 -7,619
36 Luton 211,228 203,201 -8,027
37 Coventry 325,949 316,960 -8,989
38 Birmingham 1,085,810 1,073,045 -12,765
39 Wolverhampton 265,178 249,470 -15,708
40 Southampton 253,651 236,882 -16,769
41 Stoke 270,726 249,008 -21,718
42 Hull 284,321 256,406 -27,915
43 Portsmouth 238,137 205,056 -33,081
44 Liverpool 552,267 466,415 -85,852
45 Bristol 535,907 428,234 -107,673
46 Leicester 443,760 329,839 -113,921

Notes

The town population refers to the built-up area or the built-up area sub-division population and the council population is the local authority population at the 2011 cenus.The table includes every council with a population of over 200,000 at the 2011 Census. 

There are 6 towns with a population of over 100,000 which don't have a council with the same name. They are Huddersfield (in Kirklees Council), Birkenhead (in Wirral Council), Sale (Trafford Council), High Wycombe (Wycombe Council), Sutton Coldfied (Birmingham Council) and Gillingham (Medway Council)