Fastest and slowest growing places in South East (2025)

Vale of White Horse was the fastest growing of South East’s 64 councils in 2025 (annual population change 1.9%).

Oxford was the slowest growing (−1.1%). The middle council, Gravesham, had 0.5%.

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Annual population change for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Vale of White Horse	1.9%
2	Waverley	1.8%
3	Mid Sussex	1.5%
4	Dartford	1.4%
5	Bracknell Forest	1.3%
=6	Ashford	1.2%
=6	Maidstone	1.2%
=6	Swale	1.2%
9	South Oxfordshire	1.1%
=10	Arun	1.0%
=10	Buckinghamshire	1.0%
=10	Dover	1.0%
=10	Milton Keynes	1.0%
=10	Thanet	1.0%
=10	Winchester	1.0%
=16	Surrey Heath	0.9%
=16	Tonbridge and Malling	0.9%
=16	Wealden	0.9%
=19	Cherwell	0.8%
=19	Chichester	0.8%
=19	Wokingham	0.8%
=22	Eastleigh	0.7%
=22	Runnymede	0.7%
=22	Rushmoor	0.7%
=22	Spelthorne	0.7%
=26	Basingstoke and Deane	0.6%
=26	Crawley	0.6%
=26	East Hampshire	0.6%
=26	Horsham	0.6%
=26	Tunbridge Wells	0.6%
=26	Windsor and Maidenhead	0.6%
=32	Gravesham	0.5%
=32	Reading	0.5%
=32	Reigate and Banstead	0.5%
=32	West Oxfordshire	0.5%
=36	Elmbridge	0.4%
=36	Havant	0.4%
=36	Sevenoaks	0.4%
=36	Slough	0.4%
=36	Test Valley	0.4%
=36	West Berkshire	0.4%
=42	Guildford	0.3%
=42	Hart	0.3%
=42	Lewes	0.3%
=42	Medway	0.3%
=42	Mole Valley	0.3%
=42	Tandridge	0.3%
=42	Worthing	0.3%
=49	Epsom and Ewell	0.2%
=49	Folkestone and Hythe	0.2%
=49	Rother	0.2%
=49	Woking	0.2%
=53	Adur	0.1%
=53	Canterbury	0.1%
=53	Fareham	0.1%
56	New Forest	0.0%
57	Gosport	−0.1%
58	Hastings	−0.2%
59	Brighton and Hove	−0.3%
=60	Eastbourne	−0.4%
=60	Isle of Wight	−0.4%
62	Southampton	−0.5%
63	Portsmouth	−0.7%
64	Oxford	−1.1%

Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Source and method · See it on the map