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Most populous council wards in England and Wales

Most populous council wards in England and Wales

The top 200 of 7,568 wards in England and Wales with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census, ranked by residents.

#	Ward	Council	Residents	Residents	Households
1	Headingley & Hyde Park	Leeds	31,175	31,175	10,331
2	Little London & Woodhouse	Leeds	31,076	31,076	10,000
3	Gipton & Harehills	Leeds	30,879	30,879	10,704
4	Middleton Park	Leeds	29,605	29,605	12,146
5	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	Leeds	28,528	28,528	12,377
6	St Michael's	Coventry	28,363	28,363	8,611
7	Alum Rock	Birmingham	28,018	28,018	7,099
8	Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East	Birmingham	27,334	27,334	7,742
9	Burngreave	Sheffield	27,288	27,288	9,457
10	Armley	Leeds	26,725	26,725	11,818
11	Killingbeck & Seacroft	Leeds	26,679	26,679	11,377
12	Beeston & Holbeck	Leeds	26,593	26,593	11,674
13	Hunslet & Riverside	Leeds	26,474	26,474	11,866
14	Ladywood	Birmingham	25,738	25,738	13,034
15	Soho & Jewellery Quarter	Birmingham	25,476	25,476	10,716
16	Pudsey	Leeds	25,392	25,392	11,092
17	Farnley & Wortley	Leeds	25,002	25,002	11,069
18	Chapel Allerton	Leeds	24,963	24,963	10,816
19	Cross Gates & Whinmoor	Leeds	24,843	24,843	10,892
20	Guiseley & Rawdon	Leeds	24,628	24,628	10,512
21	Calverley & Farsley	Leeds	24,595	24,595	10,497
22	Hall Green North	Birmingham	24,552	24,552	7,884
23	Glebe Farm & Tile Cross	Birmingham	24,530	24,530	9,033
24	Acocks Green	Birmingham	24,487	24,487	9,058
25	Aston	Birmingham	24,446	24,446	6,772
26	Horsforth	Leeds	24,310	24,310	10,095
27	Bramley & Stanningley	Leeds	24,019	24,019	10,811
28	Morley South	Leeds	23,990	23,990	11,088
29	North Evington	City of Leicester	23,917	23,917	6,532
30	Nether Edge and Sharrow	Sheffield	23,834	23,834	9,411
31	Roundhay	Leeds	23,809	23,809	9,367
32	Moortown	Leeds	23,797	23,797	9,937
33	Castle	City of Leicester	23,681	23,681	8,608
34	Manningham	Bradford	23,674	23,674	7,073
35	Alwoodley	Leeds	23,610	23,610	9,957
36	Stockland Green	Birmingham	23,596	23,596	9,211
37	Weoley & Selly Oak	Birmingham	23,510	23,510	9,653
38	Ardsley & Robin Hood	Leeds	23,426	23,426	9,743
39	Hyson Green & Arboretum	City of Nottingham	23,338	23,338	6,875
40	Morley North	Leeds	23,303	23,303	10,295
41	Greenhead	Kirklees	23,039	23,039	9,316
42	Harborne	Birmingham	23,002	23,002	9,949
43	Normanton	City of Derby	22,792	22,792	6,819
44	Manor Castle	Sheffield	22,705	22,705	9,575
45	Walkley	Sheffield	22,701	22,701	10,193
46	Bartley Green	Birmingham	22,670	22,670	9,668
47	Otley & Yeadon	Leeds	22,585	22,585	10,487
48	North Edgbaston	Birmingham	22,565	22,565	8,380
49	Kippax & Methley	Leeds	22,557	22,557	9,600
50	Little Horton	Bradford	22,498	22,498	6,743
51	Temple Newsam	Leeds	22,488	22,488	9,464
52	Foleshill	Coventry	22,478	22,478	7,450
53	Bromford & Hodge Hill	Birmingham	22,383	22,383	7,087
54	Bowling & Barkerend	Bradford	22,383	22,383	7,449
55	Bournbrook & Selly Park	Birmingham	22,374	22,374	5,932
56	Firth Park	Sheffield	22,355	22,355	9,064
57	Batley West	Kirklees	22,350	22,350	8,288
58	Charles Dickens	City of Portsmouth	22,321	22,321	7,749
59	Darnall	Sheffield	22,283	22,283	7,698
60	Town	Doncaster	22,263	22,263	9,936
61	Kirkstall	Leeds	22,234	22,234	9,847
62	Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston	City of Bristol	22,167	22,167	9,012
63	Abbey	City of Leicester	22,105	22,105	8,363
64	Hendon	London Borough of Barnet	21,981	21,981	8,270
65	Plumstead & Glyndon	Royal Borough of Greenwich	21,972	21,972	7,597
66	Small Heath	Birmingham	21,970	21,970	5,353
67	Broomhill and Sharrow Vale	Sheffield	21,927	21,927	8,069
68	Weetwood	Leeds	21,876	21,876	9,398
69	Burnt Oak	London Borough of Barnet	21,857	21,857	7,397
70	Dollis Hill	London Borough of Brent	21,848	21,848	7,331
71	Moseley	Birmingham	21,839	21,839	9,160
72	Lenton & Wollaton East	City of Nottingham	21,829	21,829	5,773
73	Cathays	Cardiff	21,821	21,821	6,170
74	City	Bradford	21,735	21,735	7,300
75	Lansbury	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	21,707	21,707	7,529
76	Mile End	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	21,652	21,652	7,802
77	Longbridge & West Heath	Birmingham	21,649	21,649	9,690
78	Wetherby	Leeds	21,616	21,616	9,319
79	Erdington	Birmingham	21,550	21,550	9,183
80	City	Sheffield	21,484	21,484	6,898
81	Cheetham	Manchester	21,475	21,475	6,953
82	Sparkhill	Birmingham	21,460	21,460	5,427
83	Blackwall & Cubitt Town	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	21,426	21,426	9,509
84	Lower Stoke	Coventry	21,421	21,421	8,003
85	Liversedge & Gomersal	Kirklees	21,403	21,403	9,216
86	Quinton	Birmingham	21,377	21,377	8,769
87	Moss Side	Manchester	21,277	21,277	7,269
88	Ashbrow	Kirklees	21,211	21,211	8,741
89	Adel & Wharfedale	Leeds	21,198	21,198	9,042
90	Billesley	Birmingham	21,175	21,175	8,167
91	Kingstanding	Birmingham	21,153	21,153	8,126
92	Humberstone & Hamilton	City of Leicester	21,144	21,144	7,107
93	Stoneygate	City of Leicester	21,096	21,096	6,702
94	Bethnal Green East	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	21,090	21,090	7,249
95	Western	City of Leicester	21,079	21,079	7,783
96	Ardwick	Manchester	21,044	21,044	6,738
97	Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields	City of Leicester	21,023	21,023	7,733
98	Gorton & Abbey Hey	Manchester	20,988	20,988	8,353
99	Toller	Bradford	20,917	20,917	5,637
100	Radford	Coventry	20,913	20,913	8,226
101	Garforth & Swillington	Leeds	20,882	20,882	8,961
102	Longsight	Manchester	20,875	20,875	6,473
103	Grangetown	Cardiff	20,818	20,818	8,782
104	Gleadless Valley	Sheffield	20,759	20,759	9,305
105	St. Ann's	City of Nottingham	20,685	20,685	7,914
106	Southey	Sheffield	20,638	20,638	8,850
107	Dewsbury West	Kirklees	20,634	20,634	6,560
108	Dewsbury East	Kirklees	20,616	20,616	8,534
109	Perry Barr	Birmingham	20,609	20,609	7,783
110	Shiregreen and Brightside	Sheffield	20,609	20,609	8,566
111	Rothwell	Leeds	20,571	20,571	9,031
112	Oscott	Birmingham	20,566	20,566	8,587
113	Belgrave	City of Leicester	20,565	20,565	6,254
114	Holme Wood & Bierley	Bradford	20,563	20,563	8,421
115	Ecclesall	Sheffield	20,559	20,559	8,096
116	Bradford Moor	Bradford	20,516	20,516	5,521
117	Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze	City of Bristol	20,420	20,420	8,112
118	Handsworth Wood	Birmingham	20,399	20,399	6,767
119	Stonebridge	London Borough of Brent	20,255	20,255	7,241
120	Henley	Coventry	20,248	20,248	8,266
121	Broad Green	London Borough of Croydon	20,222	20,222	7,342
122	Lindley	Kirklees	20,148	20,148	8,733
123	Hither Green	London Borough of Lewisham	20,148	20,148	7,966
124	Sutton Vesey	Birmingham	20,113	20,113	8,296
125	Harlesden & Kensal Green	London Borough of Brent	20,076	20,076	8,061
126	Tile Hill & Canley	Coventry	20,057	20,057	8,160
127	Clayton & Openshaw	Manchester	20,030	20,030	7,709
128	Ashley	City of Bristol	20,003	20,003	8,322
129	Edgware	London Borough of Barnet	19,998	19,998	7,212
130	Harpurhey	Manchester	19,996	19,996	7,895
131	Dallington Spencer	West Northamptonshire	19,949	19,949	8,028
132	Sheldon	Birmingham	19,943	19,943	8,166
133	Stocksbridge and Upper Don	Sheffield	19,931	19,931	8,738
134	Castle	West Northamptonshire	19,849	19,849	8,608
135	Longford	Coventry	19,844	19,844	8,024
136	Great Lever	Bolton	19,838	19,838	5,907
137	Wood End	London Borough of Hillingdon	19,802	19,802	6,324
138	Bethnal Green West	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	19,779	19,779	7,413
139	Mirfield	Kirklees	19,772	19,772	8,766
140	Levenshulme	Manchester	19,648	19,648	7,234
141	Childs Hill	London Borough of Barnet	19,629	19,629	7,975
142	Lawrence Hill	City of Bristol	19,604	19,604	7,651
143	Bow East	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	19,526	19,526	8,408
144	Hulme	Manchester	19,487	19,487	7,880
145	Idle & Thackley	Bradford	19,483	19,483	8,697
146	Friern Barnet	London Borough of Barnet	19,449	19,449	7,650
147	Beauchief and Greenhill	Sheffield	19,443	19,443	8,988
148	West Finchley	London Borough of Barnet	19,430	19,430	7,751
149	Colindale South	London Borough of Barnet	19,413	19,413	7,467
150	Headlands	West Northamptonshire	19,380	19,380	7,751
151	Miles Platting & Newton Heath	Manchester	19,275	19,275	8,128
152	Dewsbury South	Kirklees	19,261	19,261	6,555
153	Holme Valley South	Kirklees	19,215	19,215	8,334
154	Bournville & Cotteridge	Birmingham	19,176	19,176	8,290
155	Battersea Park	London Borough of Wandsworth	19,176	19,176	8,504
156	Hillsborough	Sheffield	19,153	19,153	8,760
157	Heaton & Frizinghall	Bradford	19,147	19,147	5,540
158	Colham & Cowley	London Borough of Hillingdon	19,135	19,135	6,628
159	Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	19,081	19,081	7,620
160	Hartcliffe and Withywood	City of Bristol	19,056	19,056	7,586
161	North Acton	London Borough of Ealing	19,043	19,043	7,059
162	Old Kent Road	London Borough of Southwark	19,037	19,037	7,437
163	Rushey Green	London Borough of Lewisham	19,019	19,019	7,825
164	Clayton & Fairweather Green	Bradford	19,004	19,004	6,898
165	Upper Stoke	Coventry	18,994	18,994	7,517
166	Daventry South	West Northamptonshire	18,991	18,991	7,970
167	Willesden Green	London Borough of Brent	18,957	18,957	7,561
168	Sherbourne	Coventry	18,911	18,911	7,968
169	Penge & Cator	London Borough of Bromley	18,908	18,908	8,408
170	Great Horton	Bradford	18,862	18,862	6,323
171	Roehampton	London Borough of Wandsworth	18,846	18,846	6,695
172	Whitechapel	London Borough of Tower Hamlets	18,841	18,841	7,379
173	Finchley Church End	London Borough of Barnet	18,840	18,840	7,563
174	Thornton & Allerton	Bradford	18,816	18,816	7,545
175	Moston	Manchester	18,813	18,813	7,456
176	Beaumont Leys	City of Leicester	18,808	18,808	6,990
177	Aspley	City of Nottingham	18,795	18,795	6,745
178	Richmond	Sheffield	18,792	18,792	8,376
179	Brandwood & King's Heath	Birmingham	18,786	18,786	7,805
180	Ouseburn	Newcastle upon Tyne	18,784	18,784	5,495
181	Dore and Totley	Sheffield	18,782	18,782	8,117
182	Bromley Common & Holwood	London Borough of Bromley	18,780	18,780	7,591
183	Park and Arbourthorne	Sheffield	18,765	18,765	8,301
184	West Thornton	London Borough of Croydon	18,764	18,764	6,493
185	Furzton	City of Milton Keynes	18,746	18,746	7,286
186	Edgbaston	Birmingham	18,730	18,730	6,314
187	Crosland Moor	Kirklees	18,723	18,723	6,977
188	Hengrove and Whitchurch Park	City of Bristol	18,711	18,711	7,739
189	Netherton & Newsome	Kirklees	18,706	18,706	8,065
190	Kensington & Fairfield	Liverpool	18,701	18,701	7,710
191	Waddon	London Borough of Croydon	18,684	18,684	7,356
192	South Elmsall & South Kirkby	Wakefield	18,683	18,683	7,895
193	Wyken	Coventry	18,672	18,672	7,417
194	Oakley	North Northamptonshire	18,671	18,671	6,838
195	Stanley & Outwood East	Wakefield	18,664	18,664	7,999
196	Perry Vale	London Borough of Lewisham	18,657	18,657	7,627
197	Queens Park & Central	Bolton	18,655	18,655	7,302
198	Colne Valley East	Kirklees	18,641	18,641	8,340
199	Cheylesmore	Coventry	18,631	18,631	7,792
200	Pocklington Provincial	East Riding of Yorkshire	18,619	18,619	8,310

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0