Population density: every council in South East
Portsmouth had the highest population density of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 5,156 per km².
Chichester had the lowest, at 158 per km². The middle council, Arun, had 746 per km².
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth | 5,156 per km² |
| 2 | Southampton | 4,990 per km² |
| 3 | Slough | 4,871 per km² |
| 4 | Reading | 4,314 per km² |
| 5 | Oxford | 3,554 per km² |
| 6 | Worthing | 3,424 per km² |
| 7 | Brighton and Hove | 3,346 per km² |
| 8 | Gosport | 3,230 per km² |
| 9 | Hastings | 3,054 per km² |
| 10 | Crawley | 2,636 per km² |
| 11 | Rushmoor | 2,555 per km² |
| 12 | Epsom and Ewell | 2,374 per km² |
| 13 | Eastbourne | 2,303 per km² |
| 14 | Havant | 2,228 per km² |
| 15 | Spelthorne | 2,012 per km² |
| 16 | Eastleigh | 1,712 per km² |
| 17 | Woking | 1,634 per km² |
| 18 | Dartford | 1,605 per km² |
| 19 | Fareham | 1,542 per km² |
| 20 | Adur | 1,534 per km² |
| 21 | Medway | 1,444 per km² |
| 22 | Elmbridge | 1,440 per km² |
| 23 | Thanet | 1,357 per km² |
| 24 | Reigate and Banstead | 1,168 per km² |
| 25 | Bracknell Forest | 1,139 per km² |
| 26 | Runnymede | 1,129 per km² |
| 27 | Gravesham | 1,080 per km² |
| 28 | Wokingham | 992 per km² |
| 29 | Surrey Heath | 951 per km² |
| 30 | Milton Keynes | 930 per km² |
| 31 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 774 per km² |
| 32 | Arun | 746 per km² |
| 33 | Tonbridge and Malling | 551 per km² |
| 34 | Guildford | 530 per km² |
| 35 | Canterbury | 510 per km² |
| 36 | Hart | 462 per km² |
| 37 | Mid Sussex | 457 per km² |
| 38 | Maidstone | 447 per km² |
| 39 | Swale | 406 per km² |
| 40 | Waverley | 371 per km² |
| 41 | Isle of Wight | 370 per km² |
| 42 | Dover | 369 per km² |
| 43 | Tandridge | 354 per km² |
| 44 | Buckinghamshire | 353 per km² |
| 45 | Tunbridge Wells | 348 per km² |
| 46 | Lewes | 342 per km² |
| 47 | Mole Valley | 338 per km² |
| 48 | Sevenoaks | 325 per km² |
| 49 | Folkestone and Hythe | 308 per km² |
| 50 | Basingstoke and Deane | 292 per km² |
| 51 | Horsham | 277 per km² |
| 52 | Cherwell | 273 per km² |
| 53 | East Hampshire | 244 per km² |
| 54 | Vale of White Horse | 240 per km² |
| 55 | New Forest | 234 per km² |
| =56 | Ashford | 229 per km² |
| =56 | West Berkshire | 229 per km² |
| 58 | South Oxfordshire | 220 per km² |
| 59 | Test Valley | 208 per km² |
| 60 | Winchester | 193 per km² |
| 61 | Wealden | 192 per km² |
| 62 | Rother | 182 per km² |
| 63 | West Oxfordshire | 160 per km² |
| 64 | Chichester | 158 per km² |
Worked out by Open Index from census population counts and the area of each place. Source and method · See it on the map