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- top tens
Largest population
1
Birmingham
977091
2
Leeds
715404
3
Glasgow City
577869
4
Sheffield
513234
5
Bradford
467668
6
Edinburgh
448624
7
Liverpool
439476
8
Manchester
392819
9
Kirklees
388576
10
Bristol UA
380615
Smallest population
1
Moyle
15933
2
Orkney Islands
19245
3
Shetland Islands
21988
4
Teesdale
24457
5
Berwick upon Tweed
25948
6
Western Isles
26502
7
Ballymoney
26894
8
Larne
30832
9
Alnwick
31033
10
Limavady
32422
Most densely populated
persons per km
2
1
Kensington and Chelsea
13244
2
Islington
11719
3
Hammersmith and Fulham
10328
4
Hackney
10141
5
Lambeth
9858
6
Tower Hamlets
9806
7
Camden
9001
8
Southwark
8444
9
City of Westminster
7539
10
Wandsworth
7440
Least densely populated
persons per km
2
1
Highland
8
2
Western Isles
9
3
Argyll & Bute
13
4
Shetland Islands
15
5
Orkney Islands
19
6
Scottish Borders
23
7
Dumfries & Galloway
23
8
Eden
23
9
Powys
24
10
Perth & Kinross
27
Highest No males per female
sex ratio (m/f)
1
Richmondshire
1.07
2
Rutland UA
1.06
3
Limavady
1.04
4
Bridgnorth
1.03
5
Rushmoor
1.02
6
Reading UA
1.02
7
Magherafelt
1.02
8
Hart
1.01
9
Shetland Islands
1.01
10
Forest Heath
1.01
Highest No females per male
sex ratio (m/f)
1
Eastbourne
0.87
2
Rother
0.88
3
Belfast
0.88
4
Worthing
0.88
5
Arun
0.89
6
Christchurch
0.89
7
Glasgow City
0.89
8
Wirral
0.89
9
East Devon
0.89
10
Sefton
0.89
Highest proportion of
persons aged under 16
1
Derry
26.8%
2
Newry & Mourne
26.6%
3
Newham
26.2%
4
Magherafelt
26.1%
5
Strabane
26.0%
6
Cookstown
26.0%
7
Omagh
25.9%
8
Dungannon
25.8%
9
Limavady
25.6%
10
Blackburn with Darwen UA
25.2%
Highest proportion of persons aged under 1
1
Newham
1.73%
2
Hackney
1.68%
3
Tower Hamlets
1.55%
4
Strabane
1.51%
5
Omagh
1.48%
6
Lewisham
1.48%
7
Greenwich
1.48%
8
Luton UA
1.47%
9
Richmond upon Thames
1.45%
10
Kensington and Chelsea
1.44%
Highest proportion of persons of retirement age
1
Christchurch
33.1%
2
Rother
32.0%
3
East Devon
30.3%
4
West Somerset
29.9%
5
Tendring
29.4%
6
Arun
29.0%
7
North Norfolk
28.9%
8
East Dorset
28.7%
9
West Dorset
27.7%
10
Eastbourne
27.4%
Highest proportion of persons aged 85 and over
1
Worthing
4.6%
2
Rother
4.6%
3
Eastbourne
4.4%
4
Arun
4.2%
5
East Devon
4.1%
6
Christchurch
4.1%
7
Torbay UA
3.8%
8
West Somerset
3.8%
9
Tendring
3.7%
10
Bournemouth UA
3.6%
For the purposes of these calculations:
Isles of Scilly is aggregated with Penwith;
City of London is aggregated with City of Westminster.
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