# Fastest and slowest growing places in South West (2025)

Tewkesbury was the fastest growing of South West’s 27 councils in 2025 (annual population change 2.0%).

Isles of Scilly was the slowest growing (−3.5%). The middle council, Dorset, had 0.4%.

Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates.

| Rank | Area | Annual population change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 2.0% |
| 2 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 1.2% |
| 3 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 1.1% |
| =4 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 1.0% |
| =4 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 1.0% |
| =4 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 1.0% |
| 7 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 0.8% |
| 8 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 0.7% |
| 9 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 0.6% |
| =10 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 0.5% |
| =10 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 0.5% |
| =10 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 0.5% |
| =13 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 0.4% |
| =13 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 0.4% |
| 15 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 0.3% |
| =16 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 0.2% |
| =16 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 0.2% |
| =16 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 0.2% |
| =16 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 0.2% |
| =16 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 0.2% |
| 21 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 0.0% |
| =22 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | −0.2% |
| =22 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | −0.2% |
| 24 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | −0.3% |
| 25 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | −0.5% |
| 26 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | −0.8% |
| 27 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | −3.5% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-east)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population-change)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population-change)

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