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 |
align="center" |
Buckinghamshire
|
| 7 |
New Forest |
175,942 |
Hampshire
|
| 8 |
Basingstoke and Deane |
187,817 |
Hampshire
|
| 9 |
Wycombe |
align="center" |
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 |
align="center" |
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 |
align="center" |
Buckinghamshire
|
| 67 |
Adur |
64,688 |
West Sussex
|
See also
References