How crowded is it where you live? Interactive map shows most densely populated areas in UK
14.10.2023 - 07:49
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Census data shows which areas of England and Wales are the most densely populated - and all but one of the most crowded neighbourhoods are in London.
More people live in the affluent neighbourhood of Maida Hill in Westminster per square kilometre than anywhere else in England and Wales. In that neighbourhood, the equivalent of 23,873 people live together on each square kilometre of land - which is the same as 170 people living cheek-by-jowl on a patch of land the same size as a football pitch.
Residents living in the nearby Church Street neighbourhood, also in Westminster, are almost as crowded with slightly fewer people per square km (23,792).
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At the other end of the spectrum, only five people live on each square kilometre of land in rural Bellingham, Otterburn & Redesdale, which is in the North East, within the Northumberland National Park. That is the equivalent of one person living alone on a patch of land the same size as 26 football pitches.
In Greater Manchester, Rusholme West and Moss Side East is the most densely populated area - with 102 people per football field. Longsight East is the second most crowded place with 95 people per football field. Other densely populated areas include areas of Salford, Oldham and Bolton.
You can see how crowded your neighbourhood is by entering your postcode into the interactive map below.
Census data for 2021 shows that the population of England and Wales has risen by 3.5 million to 59.6 million in the last decade. The 6.3 per cent increase signals a slowdown in population growth over the last 10 years, according to