
Full list of population change for local areas in England and Wales
Of the 318 local authorities, the population is estimated to have increased in 306 and decreased in 12.
The figures have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The authorities with the largest percentage increase and decrease, City of London and Isles of Scilly respectively, have very small populations which means they have outlying results.
The list is ordered by the size of percentage change in population, starting with the largest increase.
It reads, from left to right: name of local authority; estimated population in mid-2024; percentage change compared with mid-2023; estimated population (in brackets) in mid-2023.
City of London 15,111 11.06% (13,606)Oadby & Wigston 61,695 3.12% (59,826)Preston 162,864 2.87% (158,317)Barking & Dagenham 232,747 2.85% (226,301)Coventry 369,026 2.72% (359,243)South Derbyshire 117,493 2.69% (114,413)Blaby 108,165 2.51% (105,513) Rugby 122,378 2.50% (119,395)Salford 294,348 2.50% (287,178)Dartford 125,011 2.50% (121,966)Vale of White Horse 149,347 2.44% (145,795)Mid Suffolk 110,775 2.43% (108,144)Tewkesbury 101,949 2.41% (99,546)Braintree 164,304 2.37% (160,494)Hartlepool 98,180 2.33% (95,942)Luton 239,090 2.33% (233,640)Stratford-on-Avon 146,258 2.33% (142,931)Rushmoor 105,751 2.29% (103,379)Newcastle upon Tyne 320,605 2.26% (313,522)Hillingdon 329,185 2.24% (321,977)Havering 276,274 2.21% (270,305)Nuneaton & Bedworth 141,565 2.15% (138,588)Mid Sussex 161,755 2.11% (158,410)Blackburn with Darwen 162,540 2.11% (159,189)Central Bedfordshire 315,877 2.10% (309,382)Spelthorne 107,074 2.10% (104,875)Slough 167,359 2.09% (163,940)Wolverhampton 281,251 2.05% (275,601)Exeter 138,399 1.98% (135,708)South Gloucestershire 306,332 1.96% (300,435)Pendle 99,777 1.94% (97,881)East Hertfordshire 156,875 1.94% (153,897)Bassetlaw 124,937 1.93% (122,577)Rushcliffe 126,736 1.91% (124,356)Milton Keynes 305,884 1.90% (300,173)South Cambridgeshire 172,544 1.90% (169,328)South Ribble 116,113 1.89% (113,957)Maidstone 187,767 1.89% (184,281)Rochdale 235,561 1.88% (231,217)Huntingdonshire 190,619 1.87% (187,113)Harlow 98,235 1.87% (96,429)Burnley 99,233 1.86% (97,425)Telford & Wrekin 195,952 1.84% (192,417)Watford 107,171 1.81% (105,261)Knowsley 162,565 1.81% (159,672)Ealing 385,985 1.79% (379,203)Winchester 135,632 1.79% (133,253)Bedford 194,976 1.78% (191,575)Croydon 409,342 1.77% (402,217)Sunderland 288,606 1.76% (283,606)Cherwell 170,426 1.76% (167,480)Harborough 104,713 1.75% (102,910)East Cambridgeshire 92,906 1.74% (91,313)Stoke-on-Trent 270,425 1.73% (265,822)Barnet 405,050 1.72% (398,191)Newham 374,523 1.72% (368,194)Bexley 256,434 1.71% (252,124)North East Derbyshire 106,646 1.70% (104,862)Reading 182,907 1.69% (179,863)Newport 167,899 1.69% (165,112)Gloucester 138,598 1.68% (136,302)Dacorum 161,420 1.68% (158,754)Tunbridge Wells 119,694 1.66% (117,741)Bristol 494,399 1.65% (486,376)Middlesbrough 156,161 1.64% (153,639)South Oxfordshire 156,470 1.64% (153,946)Wyre 118,743 1.64% (116,832)Ribble Valley 65,794 1.63% (64,736)Medway 292,655 1.62% (288,003)Amber Valley 130,451 1.59% (128,408)Broadland 138,157 1.59% (135,997)Reigate & Banstead 159,134 1.58% (156,657)Tendring 156,759 1.58% (154,321)Lichfield 111,932 1.58% (110,192)Derby 274,149 1.57% (269,903)Malvern Hills 83,227 1.57% (81,943)Buckinghamshire 578,772 1.57% (569,850)Rutland 41,443 1.56% (40,807)Cheshire East 421,298 1.56% (414,836)Hyndburn 86,058 1.55% (84,747)West Lancashire 121,995 1.53% (120,157)Walsall 295,678 1.52% (291,237)North West Leicestershire 111,881 1.52% (110,203)Swindon 243,875 1.52% (240,218)Guildford 151,359 1.52% (149,094)North Northamptonshire 373,871 1.52% (368,282)Rossendale 73,045 1.50% (71,962)Stockton-on-Tees 206,800 1.49% (203,768)Tameside 239,643 1.48% (236,142)Gravesham 110,671 1.48% (109,059)Leicester 388,348 1.48% (382,696)Redbridge 321,231 1.48% (316,556)Bolton 310,085 1.48% (305,575)Chelmsford 188,803 1.47% (186,060)Fylde 85,447 1.47% (84,210)Oldham 251,560 1.45% (247,969)Rotherham 276,595 1.45% (272,648)West Oxfordshire 120,941 1.44% (119,221)Manchester 589,670 1.44% (581,302)Harrow 270,724 1.44% (266,891)Wokingham 187,200 1.43% (184,561)Melton 54,052 1.43% (53,291)Hounslow 299,424 1.42% (295,221)Rochford 89,815 1.42% (88,560)Darlington 112,489 1.41% (110,925)Swale 158,379 1.41% (156,180)Leeds 845,189 1.40% (833,516)Wigan 344,922 1.39% (340,208)Ashford 140,936 1.39% (139,010)Doncaster 319,765 1.37% (315,428)Eastleigh 142,933 1.37% (140,997)East Staffordshire 129,659 1.37% (127,909)Surrey Heath 94,492 1.36% (93,220)Cheshire West & Chester 371,652 1.36% (366,665)Southend-on-Sea 185,256 1.36% (182,771)Stevenage 91,774 1.33% (90,567)South Hams 92,148 1.33% (90,937)East Riding of Yorkshire 355,884 1.32% (351,237)Bracknell Forest 130,806 1.32% (129,099)Basildon 193,632 1.31% (191,120)West Suffolk 188,485 1.29% (186,077)Wakefield 367,666 1.28% (363,013)Babergh 97,033 1.27% (95,812)Uttlesford 95,106 1.27% (93,910)Wealden 166,908 1.24% (164,861)York 209,301 1.24% (206,746)South Norfolk 148,448 1.23% (146,645)Brent 352,976 1.21% (348,751)Bolsover 83,773 1.21% (82,771)Brentwood 79,326 1.21% (78,381)Worcester 106,671 1.20% (105,403)Sheffield 582,493 1.20% (575,586)Stockport 303,929 1.20% (300,326)Newark & Sherwood 127,886 1.20% (126,372)North Somerset 224,578 1.19% (221,927)East Devon 158,239 1.19% (156,378)Nottingham 331,077 1.19% (327,186)Horsham 151,521 1.19% (149,741)Hinckley & Bosworth 116,682 1.19% (115,314)Warwick 154,889 1.17% (153,101)Arun 170,064 1.17% (168,102)Thanet 142,691 1.16% (141,049)Breckland 146,620 1.16% (144,934)Waverley 134,284 1.16% (132,749)Fenland 104,896 1.15% (103,700)Sandwell 353,860 1.15% (349,834)North Warwickshire 67,117 1.15% (66,356)Broxbourne 101,900 1.14% (100,747)Newcastle-under-Lyme 127,727 1.14% (126,282)Birmingham 1,183,618 1.14% (1,170,238)Liverpool 508,961 1.14% (503,216)Wandsworth 337,655 1.14% (333,859)Windsor & Maidenhead 158,943 1.13% (157,174)Kingston upon Thames 172,692 1.12% (170,780)Bury 198,921 1.12% (196,719)North Kesteven 122,468 1.12% (121,115)Runnymede 92,118 1.12% (91,101)Crawley 124,008 1.10% (122,655)Cardiff 383,919 1.10% (379,739)Rother 96,133 1.10% (95,089)Chichester 128,934 1.09% (127,540)North Tyneside 215,025 1.09% (212,705)Dudley 331,930 1.09% (328,353)Northumberland 331,420 1.08% (327,865)Basingstoke & Deane 193,110 1.08% (191,048)Gateshead 202,760 1.08% (200,597)Peterborough 223,655 1.07% (221,283)Maldon 69,131 1.07% (68,400)North Hertfordshire 137,201 1.07% (135,752)Barnsley 251,770 1.05% (249,144)Tonbridge & Malling 136,853 1.05% (135,432)Greenwich 299,528 1.05% (296,420)St Helens 188,861 1.03% (186,929)Sutton 214,525 1.03% (212,336)North Yorkshire 635,270 1.02% (628,846)Wirral 328,873 1.01% (325,583)South Holland 99,298 1.00% (98,312)Wychavon 138,017 1.00% (136,648)West Lindsey 99,208 1.00% (98,224)Wrexham 138,245 0.99% (136,890)Stroud 125,680 0.98% (124,456)Dorset 389,947 0.98% (386,151)Brighton & Hove 283,870 0.97% (281,135)Thurrock 180,989 0.95% (179,280)Lincoln 105,114 0.95% (104,122)Stafford 141,556 0.95% (140,227)Welwyn Hatfield 122,819 0.95% (121,668)Gedling 120,179 0.95% (119,053)Swansea 251,304 0.94% (248,959)Epping Forest 137,451 0.94% (136,176)Kirklees 447,847 0.92% (443,745)Somerset 588,328 0.92% (582,962)Sefton 286,281 0.90% (283,720)Cannock Chase 104,088 0.90% (103,163)South Staffordshire 114,423 0.89% (113,412)Bath & North East Somerset 200,028 0.89% (198,264)Halton 131,543 0.89% (130,384)Shropshire 332,455 0.88% (329,558)Ashfield 129,572 0.87% (128,449)Cumberland 280,495 0.87% (278,070)Colchester 200,222 0.87% (198,497)Mid Devon 84,993 0.86% (84,266)Teignbridge 138,548 0.86% (137,363)Worthing 113,866 0.86% (112,897)Trafford 241,025 0.86% (238,976)St Albans 151,012 0.86% (149,729)Hull 275,401 0.85% (273,069)Bromley 335,319 0.85% (332,482)Denbighshire 98,202 0.85% (97,375)Chorley 120,839 0.85% (119,823)Neath Port Talbot 143,249 0.85% (142,045)South Tyneside 151,393 0.85% (150,124)Warrington 215,391 0.84% (213,598)Hart 103,162 0.84% (102,305)Tower Hamlets 331,886 0.83% (329,143)Dover 119,768 0.83% (118,781)Folkestone & Hythe 112,411 0.83% (111,486)Epsom & Ewell 83,288 0.82% (82,614)Bradford 563,605 0.81% (559,071)Broxtowe 114,565 0.81% (113,644)Redcar & Cleveland 139,228 0.81% (138,115)Sevenoaks 122,748 0.80% (121,774)East Hampshire 129,975 0.80% (128,945)Torridge 69,841 0.79% (69,291)Canterbury 162,100 0.79% (160,826)Southampton 259,424 0.79% (257,387)Forest of Dean 89,753 0.79% (89,050)North East Lincolnshire 159,911 0.79% (158,663)Blackpool 144,191 0.78% (143,070)Mansfield 113,138 0.77% (112,277)Calderdale 210,929 0.76% (209,334)Wiltshire 523,700 0.75% (519,779)Havant 126,985 0.75% (126,037)County Durham 538,011 0.75% (533,997)Three Rivers 95,807 0.75% (95,093)Lewes 102,363 0.75% (101,605)Wyre Forest 103,913 0.74% (103,151)Cheltenham 121,739 0.73% (120,859)Vale of Glamorgan 135,743 0.72% (134,771)South Kesteven 147,151 0.71% (146,114)Solihull 221,242 0.70% (219,710)West Northamptonshire 439,811 0.69% (436,787)Chesterfield 106,045 0.68% (105,325)Cornwall 583,289 0.67% (579,381)Westmorland & Furness 230,185 0.67% (228,646)Bromsgrove 101,685 0.67% (101,006)Hertsmere 110,212 0.67% (109,483)Tamworth 81,117 0.66% (80,586)Merton 218,539 0.65% (217,135)Hammersmith & Fulham 188,687 0.64% (187,479)Charnwood 188,385 0.64% (187,179)Test Valley 135,201 0.64% (134,336)Torfaen 94,119 0.64% (93,518)Gwynedd 120,813 0.62% (120,064)Tandridge 90,586 0.60% (90,049)Woking 105,679 0.60% (105,053)Staffordshire Moorlands 96,651 0.58% (96,095)Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 408,967 0.58% (406,626)Pembrokeshire 125,761 0.57% (125,043)Fareham 115,428 0.57% (114,776)West Berkshire 165,112 0.56% (164,189)Ipswich 140,274 0.56% (139,497)North Devon 101,222 0.55% (100,664)Plymouth 272,067 0.54% (270,605)Norwich 147,182 0.53% (146,404)Herefordshire 191,047 0.53% (190,045)Elmbridge 141,926 0.52% (141,193)Blaenau Gwent 67,873 0.52% (67,523)Hackney 266,758 0.51% (265,411)North Lincolnshire 171,336 0.50% (170,477)Castle Point 90,581 0.49% (90,140)East Suffolk 249,664 0.48% (248,482)Waltham Forest 279,737 0.44% (278,506)Bridgend 147,530 0.43% (146,900)Southwark 314,786 0.42% (313,485)Redditch 87,847 0.39% (87,510)Eastbourne 104,259 0.38% (103,862)Oxford 166,034 0.36% (165,441)Lewisham 301,255 0.34% (300,225)Cambridge 149,352 0.34% (148,842)Great Yarmouth 100,529 0.32% (100,209)Richmond upon Thames 196,678 0.31% (196,061)Rhondda Cynon Taf 242,844 0.31% (242,091)Islington 223,024 0.31% (222,333)Adur 64,889 0.31% (64,688)Powys 135,059 0.31% (134,645)Torbay 140,126 0.27% (139,744)Monmouthshire 94,930 0.27% (94,672)Isle of Wight 141,660 0.27% (141,281)High Peak 91,959 0.23% (91,752)New Forest 176,116 0.22% (175,724)Merthyr Tydfil 58,972 0.22% (58,841)Carmarthenshire 190,800 0.22% (190,381)Gosport 82,921 0.22% (82,742)Mole Valley 88,709 0.20% (88,529)Haringey 263,850 0.19% (263,362)Cotswold 91,661 0.16% (91,511)Flintshire 155,867 0.16% (155,614)Portsmouth 214,321 0.16% (213,976)Ceredigion 72,599 0.15% (72,488)East Lindsey 145,183 0.15% (144,971)Caerphilly 176,865 0.13% (176,639)Conwy 114,891 0.09% (114,783)Erewash 114,253 0.08% (114,156)West Devon 58,923 0.01% (58,920)King's Lynn & West Norfolk 156,206 0.003% (156,201)Hastings 91,219 -0.002% (91,221)Lancaster 145,006 -0.03% (145,056)North Norfolk 103,217 -0.06% (103,280)Boston 71,080 -0.06% (71,126)Camden 216,943 -0.13% (217,235)Enfield 327,434 -0.18% (328,014)Isle of Anglesey 69,097 -0.20% (69,238)Derbyshire Dales 71,757 -0.26% (71,946)Westminster 209,996 -0.32% (210,665)Lambeth 316,920 -0.57% (318,738)Kensington & Chelsea 144,518 -1.35% (146,499)Isles of Scilly 2,366 -2.75% (2,433)
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However, both are unable to leave Gaza as their way out is 'physically blocked' by the closure of borders and crossings in the region as well as a lack of financial support, Ms Qeshta said. Last week, the Guardian reported that a group of 40 students in Gaza are unable to take their places at UK universities in September despite being awarded full scholarships because of a Home Office requirement for biometric data for visa applications. According to the paper, the UK-authorised biometrics centre in Gaza closed in October 2023 and it has been 'impossible' for the students to travel to centres in neighbouring countries. For Ms Qeshta, continuing her education is 'key to breaking the cycle of hardship,' she said, adding that it would 'change our lives for the better'. During the early months of the war, Ms Qeshta said her family home was 'completely destroyed' and they have been 'forcibly displaced' 11 times since. They are currently living in a tent in Al-Mawasi. Of life in Gaza, she told PA it was a 'living nightmare' and that children were searching for 'water and bread, not toys or books'. 'Prices are unimaginably high, and basic essentials like flour, rice, or canned goods are almost non-existent,' she said. 'True hunger is not just a feeling, it's a daily reality. 'Medicines and healthcare are either unavailable or unaffordable, and the sick often go without help.' She said: 'There's no sense of routine, just survival.' 'Children in Gaza no longer know what childhood means,' she said. 'The war has stolen their laughter, their innocence, and their dreams. 'They search for water and bread, not toys or books. 'They are dying not because of illness or because they are hungry, but simply because they are children of Gaza.' One of 'the most terrifying moments' the family experienced was in Al-Mawasi when 'shelling began without warning' as they were gathering their belongings, Ms Qeshta said. 'My brother was injured, and my sister's young children were paralysed with fear. 'We were caught between life and death, fleeing under fire.' On another occasion, bullets pierced the family's tent as they were preparing a meal in a moment of 'terror' she will never forget, the student said. 'But through all this darkness, we hold onto hope – hope that we can survive, rebuild, and one day live in peace,' she added. 'Hope that we can still pursue our dreams like any other young people in this world. 'We refuse to give up. 'Even when everything is stripped away from us, we cling to our humanity, to our stories, and to the belief that our voices still matter.' As pressure mounts on the UK Government to take further action to help end the conflict, Sir Keir Starmer announced this week that the country could take the step of recognising a Palestinian state in September ahead of a gathering at the UN. The UK would refrain from doing so if Israel allows more aid into Gaza, stops annexing land in the West Bank, agrees to a ceasefire, and signs up to a long-term peace process over the next two months. Although this is an 'important step', recognition 'should not be used as a bargaining tool' but as a 'moral and political obligation', Ms Qeshta said of the announcement. 'We have seen many promises before,' 'What matters most now is action.' She added: 'I hope this move is real and followed by real change on the ground, because words alone cannot save lives. ' The student urged the international community not to 'turn away' from the suffering in Gaza and to push for an 'immediate end' to the conflict. 'We are not numbers,' she said. 'We are people, and we want to live.' Campaigners are reportedly calling on the Government to grant students with scholarships a biometrics deferral and assist them in finding a safe route to a third country where they can complete their visa application before travelling to the UK. Of this group, a Government spokesperson said: 'We are aware of the students and are considering the request for support.' Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed, who is campaigning on this issue, said: 'Gaza's education system, like so much else, has been all but obliterated. 'Schools have become overcrowded shelters, every university has been reduced to rubble, and educators have been deliberately targeted and killed.' The Sheffield Central MP added: 'Ireland, France and Belgium have acted to ensure their students can reach safety, the UK has not. 'This is not hypothetical, some of these students have already been killed while waiting and others remain in constant danger. 'I'm pressing ministers to address this as soon as possible, as every minute increases the likelihood that more young lives will be lost.' The University of Bristol said they were unable to discuss individual cases and the University of Manchester has been contacted for comment.