List of unitary authorities of England

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This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population.

Figures are mid-year estimates for 2019 from the Office for National Statistics.[1] Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements[2]

The list does not include North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire unitary authorities, created in 2021, for which statistics are not yet available.

In July 2021 plans were announced to create unitary authorities in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset in 2023. The North Yorkshire authority will be the largest in England by population (618,054 in 2019) and by far the largest by area (8,053 km²).

Rank Authority Region Population Density
(people/km²)		 Area (km²)
1 Cornwall South West 569,578 160 3,546
2 Buckinghamshire South East 543,973 432
3 County Durham North East 530,094 237 2,226
4 Wiltshire South West 500,024 153 3,255
5 Bristol South West 463,377 4,224 110
6 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West 395,331 2,453 161
7 Cheshire East North West 384,152 326 1,166
8 Dorset South West 378,508 142 2,491
9 Leicester East Midlands 354,224 4,843 73
10 East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber 341,173 141 2,405
11 Cheshire West and Chester North West 343,071 371 917
12 Nottingham East Midlands 332,900 4,437 75
13 Northumberland North East 322,434 64 5,014
14 Shropshire West Midlands 323,136 100 3,197
15 Brighton & Hove South East 290,885 3,508 83
16 Central Bedfordshire East 288,648 396 716
17 South Gloucestershire South West 285,093 569 497
18 Medway South East 278,556 1,436 194
19 Milton Keynes South East 269,457 870 309
20 Plymouth South West 262,100 3,296 80
21 Hull Yorkshire and the Humber 259,778 3,648 71
22 Derby East Midlands 257,302 3,296 78
23 Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands 256,375 2,738 93
24 Southampton South East 252,520 5,065 50
25 Swindon South West 222,193 965 230
26 Portsmouth South East 214,905 5,326 40
27 Luton East 213,052 4,939 43
28 North Somerset South West 215,052 572 374
29 Warrington North West 210,014 1,160 181
30 York Yorkshire and the Humber 210,618 772 272
31 Peterborough East 202,259 585 343
32 Stockton-on-Tees North East 197,348 962 205
33 Herefordshire West Midlands 192,801 88 2,180
34 Bath and North East Somerset South West 193,282 555 346
35 Southend-on-Sea East 183,125 4,370 42
36 Telford and Wrekin West Midlands 179,854 612 290
37 North Lincolnshire Yorkshire and the Humber 172,292 203 846
38 Thurrock East 174,341 1,055 164
39 Bedford East 173,292 360 476
40 Wokingham South East 171,119 939 179
41 Reading South East 161,780 4,040 40
42 North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and the Humber 159,563 833 192
43 West Berkshire South East 158,450 225 704
44 Windsor and Maidenhead South East 151,422 768 197
45 Blackburn with Darwen North West 149,696 1,087 137
46 Slough South East 149,539 4,582 33
47 Isle of Wight South East 141,771 372 380
48 Middlesbrough North East 140,980 2,608 54
49 Blackpool North West 139,446 3,997 35
50 Redcar and Cleveland North East 137,150 558 245
51 Torbay South West 136,264 2,159 63
52 Halton North West 129,410 1,624 79
53 Bracknell Forest South East 122,549 1,112 109
54 Darlington North East 106,803 540 198
55 Hartlepool North East 93,663 997 94
56 Rutland East Midlands 39,927 104 382

References[]

  1. ^ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2019". Office for National Statistics. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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