Fastest and slowest growing places in East Midlands (2025)
Harborough and South Derbyshire were the joint fastest growing of East Midlands’s 35 councils in 2025 (annual population change 1.9%).
Lincoln and Nottingham were the joint slowest growing (−1.5%). The middle council, Charnwood, had 0.7%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| =1 | Harborough | 1.9% |
| =1 | South Derbyshire | 1.9% |
| =3 | Bassetlaw | 1.4% |
| =3 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 1.4% |
| =3 | Melton | 1.4% |
| =3 | Rushcliffe | 1.4% |
| =7 | Amber Valley | 1.3% |
| =7 | North East Derbyshire | 1.3% |
| 9 | North West Leicestershire | 1.2% |
| =10 | Ashfield | 1.1% |
| =10 | North Northamptonshire | 1.1% |
| =10 | South Holland | 1.1% |
| 13 | East Lindsey | 1.0% |
| =14 | Bolsover | 0.9% |
| =14 | Gedling | 0.9% |
| =16 | North Kesteven | 0.8% |
| =16 | West Lindsey | 0.8% |
| =18 | Charnwood | 0.7% |
| =18 | South Kesteven | 0.7% |
| =18 | West Northamptonshire | 0.7% |
| =21 | Chesterfield | 0.6% |
| =21 | Derby | 0.6% |
| =21 | Newark and Sherwood | 0.6% |
| =21 | Rutland | 0.6% |
| 25 | Blaby | 0.5% |
| =26 | Derbyshire Dales | 0.4% |
| =26 | Oadby and Wigston | 0.4% |
| 28 | Mansfield | 0.3% |
| 29 | Broxtowe | −0.1% |
| 30 | High Peak | −0.2% |
| =31 | Boston | −0.3% |
| =31 | Erewash | −0.3% |
| 33 | Leicester | −0.9% |
| =34 | Lincoln | −1.5% |
| =34 | Nottingham | −1.5% |
Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Source and method · See it on the map