# Fastest and slowest growing places in Yorkshire and The Humber (2025)

East Riding of Yorkshire was the fastest growing of Yorkshire and The Humber’s 15 councils in 2025 (annual population change 1.4%).

Kingston upon Hull was the slowest growing (−0.5%). The middle council, York, had 0.4%.

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

| Rank | Area | Annual population change | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [East Riding of Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire) | 1.4% | – |
| 2 | [Rotherham](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham) | 1.0% | – |
| =3 | [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster) | 0.9% | – |
| =3 | [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) | 0.9% | – |
| 5 | [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) | 0.7% | – |
| 6 | [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) | 0.6% | ONS publishes this figure for the council's boundary before 1 April 2025, when part of Barnsley moved to Sheffield. |
| =7 | [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) | 0.4% | – |
| =7 | [York](https://openindex.co.uk/york) | 0.4% | – |
| 9 | [North East Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire) | 0.2% | – |
| =10 | [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) | 0.0% | – |
| =10 | [North Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lincolnshire) | 0.0% | – |
| 12 | [Sheffield](https://openindex.co.uk/sheffield) | −0.1% | ONS publishes this figure for the council's boundary before 1 April 2025, when part of Barnsley moved to Sheffield. |
| 13 | [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) | −0.3% | – |
| 14 | [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford) | −0.4% | – |
| 15 | [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull) | −0.5% | – |

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)
- [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)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-west)

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/yorkshire-and-the-humber