List of districts in South East England by population
These figures are mid-year estimates for 2010 from the Office for National Statistics except where indicated.
Note: This table of local government districts does not distinguish between non-metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and cities. It is not a table of urban areas
Rank |
District |
Population |
Ceremonial county |
1 | Medway | 271,105 | Kent (2013)[1] |
2 | Brighton and Hove | 256,600 | East Sussex |
3 | Milton Keynes | 255,700 | Buckinghamshire (2013)[2] |
4 | Southampton | 242,100 | Hampshire (2013)[3] |
5 | Reading | 232,662 | Berkshire |
6 | Portsmouth | 207,100 | Hampshire |
7 | New Forest | 177,000 | Hampshire |
8 | Aylesbury Vale | 174,400 | Buckinghamshire |
9 | Wycombe | 164,800 | Buckinghamshire |
10 | Basingstoke and Deane | 165,100 | Hampshire |
11 | Wokingham | 163,200 | Berkshire |
12 | Oxford | 153,700 | Oxfordshire |
13 | West Berkshire | 154,000 | Berkshire |
14 | Canterbury | 153,200 | Kent |
15 | Arun | 150,600 | West Sussex |
16 | Maidstone | 149,800 | Kent |
17 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 146,100 | Berkshire |
18 | Wealden | 144,100 | East Sussex |
19 | Isle of Wight | 140,500 | Isle of Wight |
20 | Cherwell | 140,400 | Oxfordshire |
21 | Reigate and Banstead | 138,800 | Surrey |
22 | Guildford | 137,100 | Surrey |
23 | Elmbridge | 131,500 | Surrey |
24 | Mid Sussex | 132,500 | West Sussex |
25 | Thanet | 132,200 | Kent |
26 | Swale | 128,500 | Kent |
27 | Horsham | 128,300 | West Sussex |
28 | South Oxfordshire | 128,100 | Oxfordshire |
29 | Slough | 119,500 | Berkshire |
30 | Eastleigh | 119,000 | Hampshire |
31 | Vale of White Horse | 117,100 | Oxfordshire |
32 | Havant | 116,800 | Hampshire |
33 | Waverley | 116,800 | Surrey |
34 | Tonbridge and Malling | 113,900 | Kent |
35 | Sevenoaks | 113,700 | Kent |
36 | Test Valley | 113,600 | Hampshire |
37 | Bracknell Forest | 112,200 | Berkshire |
38 | Ashford | 111,200 | Kent |
39 | East Hampshire | 110,100 | Hampshire |
40 | Winchester | 110,000 | Hampshire |
41 | Chichester | 108,900 | West Sussex |
42 | Fareham | 108,400 | Hampshire |
43 | Dover | 106,400 | Kent |
44 | Tunbridge Wells | 104,600 | Kent |
45 | West Oxfordshire | 100,200 | Oxfordshire |
46 | Crawley | 99,900 | West Sussex |
47 | Shepway | 99,600 | Kent |
48 | Worthing | 98,700 | West Sussex |
49 | Gravesham | 97,400 | Kent |
50 | Eastbourne | 94,900 | East Sussex |
51 | Lewes | 93,900 | East Sussex |
52 | Woking | 90,700 | Surrey |
53 | Spelthorne | 90,500 | Surrey |
54 | Chiltern | 90,300 | Buckinghamshire |
55 | Dartford | 89,900 | Kent |
56 | Hart | 88,800 | Hampshire |
57 | Rushmoor | 88,700 | Hampshire |
58 | Rother | 87,600 | East Sussex |
59 | Hastings | 86,100 | East Sussex |
60 | Surrey Heath | 82,400 | Surrey |
61 | Tandridge | 81,300 | Surrey |
62 | Runnymede | 81,200 | Surrey |
63 | Mole Valley | 80,500 | Surrey |
64 | Gosport | 78,200 | Hampshire |
65 | Epsom and Ewell | 69,600 | Surrey |
66 | South Bucks | 63,700 | Buckinghamshire |
67 | Adur | 60,300 | West Sussex |
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