This is a List of Local Government Districts in the South East England government region, in descending order of population (mid-2017 est.).[1]
This table does not distinguish between non-metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and cities. It is not a table of urban populations, as many districts include non-urban hinterlands.
Rank |
District |
Population |
Ceremonial county |
1 | Brighton & Hove | 288,200 | East Sussex |
2 | Medway | 277,600 | Kent |
3 | Milton Keynes | 267,500 | Buckinghamshire |
4 | Southampton | 252,400 | Hampshire |
5 | Portsmouth | 214,700 | Hampshire |
6 | Aylesbury Vale | 196,000 | Buckinghamshire |
7 | New Forest | 179,600 | Hampshire |
8 | Basingstoke and Deane | 175,300 | Hampshire |
9 | Wycombe | 174,800 | Buckinghamshire |
10 | Maidstone | 167,700 | Kent |
11 | Wokingham | 165,000 | Berkshire |
12 | Canterbury | 164,100 | Kent |
13 | Reading | 163,100 | Berkshire |
14 | Wealden | 158,900 | East Sussex |
15 | Arun | 158,700 | West Sussex |
16 | West Berkshire | 158,500 | Berkshire |
17 | Oxford | 154,600 | Oxfordshire |
18 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 150,100 | Berkshire |
19 | Slough | 148,800 | Berkshire |
20 | Mid Sussex | 148,300 | West Sussex |
21 | Guildford | 147,800 | Surrey |
22 | Cherwell | 147,600 | Oxfordshire |
23 | Swale | 146,700 | Kent |
24 | Reigate and Banstead | 146,400 | Surrey |
25 | Thanet | 141,300 | Kent |
26 | Isle of Wight | 141,000 | Isle of Wight |
27 | Horsham | 140,100 | West Sussex |
28 | South Oxfordshire | 139,800 | Oxfordshire |
29 | Elmbridge | 136,400 | Surrey |
31 | Vale of White Horse | 131,200 | Oxfordshire |
30 | Eastleigh | 130,500 | Hampshire |
32 | Tonbridge and Malling | 128,900 | Kent |
33 | Ashford | 127,500 | Kent |
34 | Havant | 125,100 | Hampshire |
35 | Waverley | 125,000 | Surrey |
36 | Test Valley | 124,000 | Hampshire |
37 | Winchester | 123,900 | Hampshire |
38 | Bracknell Forest | 120,400 | Berkshire |
39 | Chichester | 120,200 | West Sussex |
40 | Sevenoaks | 119,400 | Kent |
41 | East Hampshire | 119,400 | Hampshire |
42 | Tunbridge Wells | 118,100 | Kent |
43 | Fareham | 116,200 | Hampshire |
44 | Dover | 115,800 | Kent |
45 | Crawley | 111,700 | West Sussex |
46 | Folkestone and Hythe | 111,400 | Kent |
47 | Worthing | 109,600 | West Sussex |
48 | West Oxfordshire | 109,300 | Oxfordshire |
49 | Dartford | 107,500 | Kent |
50 | Gravesham | 106,100 | Kent |
51 | Eastbourne | 103,300 | East Sussex |
52 | Lewes | 102,300 | East Sussex |
53 | Woking | 101,100 | Surrey |
54 | Spelthorne | 99,100 | Surrey |
55 | Rushmoor | 95,800 | Hampshire |
56 | Hart | 95,500 | Hampshire |
57 | Chiltern | 95,400 | Buckinghamshire |
58 | Rother | 95,000 | East Sussex |
59 | Hastings | 92,800 | East Sussex |
60 | Surrey Heath | 88,800 | Surrey |
61 | Tandridge | 87,300 | Surrey |
62 | Mole Valley | 87,100 | Surrey |
63 | Runnymede | 86,900 | Surrey |
64 | Gosport | 85,500 | Hampshire |
65 | Epsom and Ewell | 79,500 | Surrey |
66 | South Bucks | 69,800 | Buckinghamshire |
67 | Adur | 63,700 | West Sussex |