List of districts in South East England by population

This is a list of Local Government Districts in the South East England government region, in descending order of population (2022).^[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	277,965	East Sussex
2	Medway	282,702	Kent
3	Milton Keynes	292,180	Buckinghamshire
4	Southampton	252,689	Hampshire
5	Portsmouth	208,420	Hampshire
6	Aylesbury Vale		Buckinghamshire
7	New Forest	175,942	Hampshire
8	Basingstoke and Deane	187,817	Hampshire
9	Wycombe		Buckinghamshire
10	Maidstone	180,428	Kent
11	Wokingham	180,967	Berkshire
12	Canterbury	157,550	Kent
13	Reading	174,820	Berkshire
14	Wealden	163,012	East Sussex
15	Arun	166,366	West Sussex
16	West Berkshire	162,215	Berkshire
17	Oxford	163,257	Oxfordshire
18	Windsor and Maidenhead	154,738	Berkshire
19	Slough	159,182	Berkshire
20	Mid Sussex	154,930	West Sussex
21	Guildford	145,673	Surrey
22	Cherwell	164,155	Oxfordshire
23	Swale	154,619	Kent
24	Reigate and Banstead	153,629	Surrey
25	Thanet	140,689	Kent
26	Isle of Wight	140,794	Isle of Wight
27	Horsham	148,696	West Sussex
28	South Oxfordshire	151,820	Oxfordshire
29	Elmbridge	140,024	Surrey
31	Vale of White Horse	142,116	Oxfordshire
30	Eastleigh	138,935	Hampshire
32	Tonbridge and Malling	133,661	Kent
33	Ashford	135,610	Kent
34	Havant	124,854	Hampshire
35	Waverley	130,063	Surrey
36	Test Valley	132,871	Hampshire
37	Winchester	130,268	Hampshire
38	Bracknell Forest	126,881	Berkshire
39	Chichester	126,103	West Sussex
40	Sevenoaks	121,106	Kent
41	East Hampshire	127,319	Hampshire
42	Tunbridge Wells	116,028	Kent
43	Fareham	114,547	Hampshire
44	Dover	117,473	Kent
45	Crawley	119,509	West Sussex
46	Folkestone and Hythe	110,237	Kent
47	Worthing	112,044	West Sussex
48	West Oxfordshire	116,928	Oxfordshire
49	Dartford	118,820	Kent
50	Gravesham	106,970	Kent
51	Eastbourne	102,247	East Sussex
52	Lewes	100,677	East Sussex
53	Woking	104,179	Surrey
54	Spelthorne	103,551	Surrey
55	Rushmoor	101,060	Hampshire
56	Hart	100,910	Hampshire
57	Chiltern		Buckinghamshire
58	Rother	94,162	East Sussex
59	Hastings	90,622	East Sussex
60	Surrey Heath	91,237	Surrey
61	Tandridge	88,707	Surrey
62	Mole Valley	87,769	Surrey
63	Runnymede	88,524	Surrey
64	Gosport	82,285	Hampshire
65	Epsom and Ewell	81,184	Surrey
66	South Bucks		Buckinghamshire
67	Adur	64,688	West Sussex

See also

• List of urban areas in England by population
• List of English counties by population
• List of ceremonial counties of England by population
• List of English districts by area
• List of English districts and their ethnic composition
• List of English districts by population density
• List of English districts by population

References

1. "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.