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Milton Keynes Council

Local authority area: City of Milton Keynes

City of Milton Keynes is an unitary authority, in the South East England region of England. It covers 308.6 km² and had 292,180 residents in 2022 — about 947 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Milton Keynes.

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Town hall in the administrative centreMilton Keynes Civic Offices
Milton Keynes Civic Offices
Photo: Richard Kelly · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People

Population

Estimates recorded for City of Milton Keynes, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022292,180+15.8% since 2012
Land area308.6km²119.2 sq mi
Density947/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#80of 382 UK councils · #73 in England
Population estimates4 data points
252.4K261.8K268.6K292.2K
2012201520182022
History

How the council came to be

  1. 1974
    Created

    City of Milton Keynes became a local authority area.

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South East

All councils in South East
Buckinghamshire560,409Medway282,702Brighton and Hove277,965City of Southampton252,689City of Portsmouth208,420Wokingham180,967Reading174,820West Berkshire162,215Slough159,182Windsor and Maidenhead154,738Isle of Wight140,794Bracknell Forest126,881
Elections

21 electoral wards

Census 2021: 287,042 residents in 113,106 households across the wards; 13.8% aged 65+, 54.8% of homes owned, 17.1% of households without a car.

1Furzton7,286 households · 11.2% aged 65+18,7462Woughton & Fishermead6,614 households · 10.1% aged 65+18,1153Watling6,549 households · 10.0% aged 65+17,8164Ouzel Valley6,115 households · 7.8% aged 65+16,4065Bletchley Park & Fenny Stratford6,604 households · 18.4% aged 65+15,9826Bletchley West6,179 households · 19.9% aged 65+15,651

All wards of City of Milton Keynes

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CHousing OptionsCouncil office · Milton Keynes MK9 3EJ · hours listedCThe British Council for Complemetary TherapiesCouncil office · Milton Keynes MK9 2HRTBletchley & Fenny Stratford Town CouncilTown council · Milton Keynes MK2 3RR · hours listedTMilton Keynes City CouncilTown council · Milton Keynes MK9 3EJ · hours listedPGreat Linford Parish CouncilParish council · Milton Keynes MK14 5HA · hours listedPNew Bradwell Parish CouncilParish council · Milton Keynes MK13 0BL · hours listedPShenley Brook End & Tattenhoe Parish CouncilParish council · Milton Keynes MK4 4DB · hours listedPShenley Church End Parish CouncilParish council · Milton Keynes MK5 6AB · hours listedPWest Bletchley Parish CouncilParish council · Milton Keynes MK3 7DZ · hours listed
Source: Wikidata Q894090 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.