Demographia

Urbanization in London & the Southeast: 1998

Area County/Authority Area: Square Miles Area: Square Kilometers Population: 1998 Population per Square Mile Population per Square Kilometer
             
TOTAL URBANIZATION 2,932 7,599 12,263,900 4,183 1,614
             
LONDON   610 1,580 7,187,400 11,791 4,549
             
INNER LONDON   124 322 2,760,800 22,224 8,574
Camden London-Inner 8 22 188,600 22,221 8,573
City of London London-Inner 1 3 5,200 4,493 1,733
Hackney London-Inner 8 20 194,700 25,233 9,735
Hammersmith and Fulham London-Inner 6 16 157,500 25,515 9,844
Haringey London-Inner 12 30 221,600 19,146 7,387
Islington London-Inner 6 15 179,000 30,931 11,933
Kensington and Chelsea London-Inner 5 12 169,900 36,698 14,158
Lambeth London-Inner 10 27 269,500 25,872 9,981
Lewisham London-Inner 14 35 243,800 18,055 6,966
Newham London-Inner 14 36 231,300 16,654 6,425
Southwark London-Inner 11 29 232,000 20,736 8,000
Tower Hamlets London-Inner 8 20 181,300 23,496 9,065
Wandsworth London-Inner 14 35 265,600 19,670 7,589
Westminster London-Inner 8 22 220,800 26,014 10,036
             
OUTER LONDON   485 1,258 4,426,600 9,121 3,519
Barking and Dagenham London-Outer 13 34 155,600 11,862 4,576
Barnet London-Outer 34 89 331,500 9,654 3,725
Bexley London-Outer 24 61 217,800 9,255 3,570
Brent London-Outer 17 44 253,200 14,916 5,755
Bromley London-Outer 59 152 297,100 5,066 1,955
Croydon London-Outer 34 87 338,200 10,076 3,887
Ealing London-Outer 21 55 302,100 14,237 5,493
Enfield London-Outer 31 81 264,900 8,477 3,270
Greenwich London-Outer 19 48 215,100 11,615 4,481
Harrow London-Outer 20 51 211,300 10,739 4,143
Havering London-Outer 46 118 228,300 5,015 1,935
Hillingdon London-Outer 42 110 251,200 5,919 2,284
Hounslow London-Outer 22 58 211,600 9,456 3,648
Kingston upon Thames London-Outer 15 38 147,300 10,047 3,876
Merton London-Outer 15 38 184,300 12,571 4,850
Redbridge London-Outer 22 56 231,900 10,734 4,141
Richmond upon Thames London-Outer 21 55 186,700 8,799 3,395
Sutton London-Outer 17 43 177,100 10,675 4,119
Waltham Forest London-Outer 15 40 221,400 14,347 5,535
             
OUTER SUBURBAN   2,322 6,019 5,076,500 2,186 843
Basildon Essex 42 110 164,400 3,874 1,495
Bracknell Forest Unitary Authority 42 109 110,700 2,632 1,016
Brentwood Essex 57 149 71,400 1,242 479
Broxbourne Hertfordshire 20 52 82,300 4,102 1,583
Castle Point Essex 17 45 84,500 4,867 1,878
Chelmsford Essex 132 342 154,600 1,172 452
Chiltern Buckinghamshire 76 196 93,700 1,239 478
Colchester Essex 129 334 156,400 1,214 468
Crawley West Sussex 17 44 96,600 5,691 2,195
Dacorum Hertfordshire 82 212 137,100 1,676 647
Dartford Kent 28 73 85,400 3,032 1,170
Elmbridge Surrey 37 97 129,300 3,455 1,333
Epsom and Ewell Surrey 13 34 70,300 5,359 2,068
Gravesham Kent 38 99 91,800 2,403 927
Guildford Surrey 105 271 126,700 1,212 468
Harlow Essex 12 30 75,800 6,549 2,527
Hart Hampshire 83 215 86,200 1,039 401
Hertsmere Hertfordshire 38 98 97,300 2,573 993
Luton Unitary Authority 17 43 183,300 11,049 4,263
Medway Unitary Authority 74 192 242,600 3,275 1,264
Milton Keynes Unitary Authority 119 309 203,200 1,705 658
Reading Unitary Authority 15 40 147,800 9,577 3,695
Reigate and Banstead Surrey 50 129 120,200 2,415 932
Rochford Essex 65 169 77,300 1,186 457
Runnymede Surrey 30 78 76,400 2,539 979
Rushmoor Hampshire 15 39 87,200 5,795 2,236
Slough Unitary Authority 10 27 111,700 10,723 4,137
South Bedfordshire Bedfordshire 82 213 110,100 1,340 517
South Bucks Buckinghamshire 56 145 63,700 1,139 439
Southend-on-Sea Unitary Authority 16 42 176,000 10,862 4,190
Spelthorne Surrey 22 57 88,600 4,029 1,554
Stevenage Hertfordshire 10 26 78,500 7,826 3,019
St. Albans Hertfordshire 62 161 131,400 2,115 816
Surrey Heath Surrey 37 95 83,900 2,289 883
Tendring Essex 130 337 134,900 1,038 400
Three Rivers Hertfordshire 34 89 86,500 2,519 972
Thurrock Unitary Authority 63 164 135,000 2,134 823
Tonbridge and Malling Kent 93 240 106,000 1,145 442
Watford Hertfordshire 8 21 81,700 10,084 3,890
Welwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire 49 127 95,000 1,939 748
Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Authority 76 198 140,500 1,839 710
Woking Surrey 25 64 91,800 3,718 1,434
Wokingham Unitary Authority 69 179 145,300 2,104 812
Wycombe Buckinghamshire 125 325 163,400 1,303 503
Includes adjacent local authority areas with more than 1,000 persons per square mile (400 persons per square kilometer). Data for 19998 from UK National Statistics (www.statistics.gov.uk).

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