HC Deb 19 July 1988 vol 137 cc520-3W
Mr. Forth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give, for every county, borough and metropolitan district council in England, the total area, number of dwellings, population and population density.

Mrs. Roe

Following is the latest available information:

1Area 2Population 3Population 4Dwellings
April 1987 (hectares) mid 1986 (number) Density (persons per ha) April 1987 (number)
Northumberland 503,167 301,000 0.60 122,200
North Yorkshire 831,235 699,800 0.84 288,600
Nottinghamshire 216,362 1,006,400 4.65 397,900
Oxfordshire 260,781 574,700 2.20 204,800
Shropshire 349,013 392,700 1.13 153,600
Somerset 345,120 448,900 1.30 181,500
Staffordshire 271,616 1,021,000 3.76 397,200
Suffolk 379,663 628,600 1.66 255,000
Surrey 167,924 1,011,400 6.02 399,000
Warwickshire 198,054 480,700 2.43 186,100
West Sussex 198,935 694,700 3.49 289,300
Wiltshire 348,063 545,200 1.57 215,400
Greater London
City of London 274 4,800 17.69 3,300
Barking and Dagenham 3,419 148,100 43.32 58,800
Barnet 8,953 304,600 34.02 117,500
Bexley 6,065 220,100 36.30 85,600
Brent 4,421 255,700 57.84 93,400
Bromley 15,179 297,000 19.57 5118,300
Camden 2,171 183,300 84.43 84,700
Croydon 8,658 319,300 36.88 125,000
Ealing 5,547 295,500 53.27 106,000
Enfield 8,115 265,400 32.71 102,800
Greenwich 4,744 217,800 45.92 87,900
Hackney 1,948 187,100 96.01 77,100
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,616 150,800 93.26 70,100
Haringey 3,031 196,100 64.68 83,100
Harrow 5,082 201,900 39.73 77,200
Havering 11,776 238,100 20.22 90,400
Hillingdon 11,037 232,000 21.02 94,100
Hounslow 5,852 194,900 33.30 80,200
Islington 1,489 168,000 112.83 75,100
Kensington and Chelsea 1,195 137,400 115.04 76,500
Kingston upon Thames 3,756 133,800 35.61 55,600
Lambeth 2,727 245,000 89.83 110,600
Lewisham 3,473 232,000 66.80 97,800
Merton 3,796 164,800 43.42 69,200
Newham 3,637 205,200 56.43 84,100
Redbridge 5,647 227,900 40.36 89,500
Richmond upon Thames 5,526 162,000 29.31 72,400
Southwark 2,880 216,000 75.01 97,000
Sutton 4,342 168,700 38.86 67,700
Tower Hamlets 1,973 152,800 77.42 66,600
Waltham Forest 3,966 215,800 54.42 87,100
Wandsworth 3,491 257,100 73.65 109,500
Westminster, City of 2,158 176,100 81.62 102,900
Greater Manchester
Bolton 13,973 261,600 18.72 104,400
Bury 9,918 172,600 17.40 68,500
Manchester 11,621 451,400 38.85 184,800
Oldham 14,112 220,000 15.59 87,200
Rochdale 15,975 206,600 12.93 81,900
Salford 9,687 239,300 24.70 94,700
Stockport 12,605 289,900 23.00 113,800
Tameside 10,323 215,200 20.85 86,300
Trafford 10,565 216,300 20.47 86,400
Wigan 19,895 306,600 15.41 119,100
Merseyside
Knowsley 9,739 163,800 16.82 57,800
Liverpool 11,291 483,000 42.78 198,600
St. Helens 13,347 187,900 14.08 70,200
Sefton 15,272 298,000 19.52 114,600
Wirral 15,772 334,800 21.23 137,000
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 32,864 222,200 6.76 88,100
Doncaster 58,153 289,300 4.97 111,500
Rotherham 28,278 252,100 9.91 693,500
Sheffield 36,756 534,300 14.54 218,300
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 14,323 207,300 14.47 85,800
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11,187 281,400 25.15 115,500

1Area 2Population 3Population 4Dwellings
April 1987 (hectares) mid 1986 (number) Density (persons per ha) April 1987 (number)
North Tyneside 8,377 192,300 22.95 83,200
South Tyneside 6,357 156,900 24.67 63,800
Sunderland 13,762 297,700 21.63 117,700
West Midlands
Birmingham 26,430 1,004,100 37.99 392,400
Coventry 9,654 310,400 32.15 121,900
Dudley 9,794 300,900 30.72 118,800
Sandwell 8,559 301,100 3518 119,800
Solihull 18,007 202,200 11.23 76,200
Walsall 10,606 261,800 24.69 98,800
Wolverhampton 6,892 251,900 36.54 98,500
West Yorkshire
Bradford 36,657 463,100 12.63 178,400
Calderdale 36,376 193,100 5.31 77,500
Kirklees 40,992 376,600 9.18 150,400
Leeds 56,215 710,900 12.65 288,100
Wakefield 33,317 309,300 9.28 122,700
1 Area data for shire counties, London boroughs and metropolitan districts as used for the 1988–89 RSG settlement. Source: Ordnance Survey.
2 Registrar General's population estimate at mid-1986. Source: OPCS Monitor PP1 87/1.
3 Population density calculated as the ratio of population (Mid-1986) to Area (April 1987).
4 Dwelling stock as reported by local authorities in their housing investment programme returns (HIP1) for April 1987.
5 Figure for Bromley relates to April 1984 HIP return.
6 Figure for Rotherham relates to April 1986 HIP return.

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