Population density: every council in West Midlands
Birmingham had the highest population density of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2021, at 4,276 per km².
Herefordshire had the lowest, at 86 per km². The middle council, Newcastle-under-Lyme, had 584 per km².
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 4,276 per km² |
| 2 | Sandwell | 3,995 per km² |
| 3 | Wolverhampton | 3,798 per km² |
| 4 | Coventry | 3,501 per km² |
| 5 | Dudley | 3,302 per km² |
| 6 | Worcester | 3,115 per km² |
| 7 | Stoke-on-Trent | 2,765 per km² |
| 8 | Walsall | 2,732 per km² |
| 9 | Tamworth | 2,550 per km² |
| 10 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1,701 per km² |
| 11 | Redditch | 1,604 per km² |
| 12 | Cannock Chase | 1,274 per km² |
| 13 | Solihull | 1,213 per km² |
| 14 | Telford and Wrekin | 639 per km² |
| 15 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 584 per km² |
| 16 | Warwick | 525 per km² |
| 17 | Wyre Forest | 520 per km² |
| 18 | Bromsgrove | 457 per km² |
| 19 | Rugby | 323 per km² |
| 20 | Lichfield | 321 per km² |
| 21 | East Staffordshire | 318 per km² |
| 22 | South Staffordshire | 271 per km² |
| =23 | North Warwickshire | 229 per km² |
| =23 | Stafford | 229 per km² |
| 25 | Wychavon | 200 per km² |
| 26 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 166 per km² |
| =27 | Malvern Hills | 138 per km² |
| =27 | Stratford-on-Avon | 138 per km² |
| 29 | Shropshire | 101 per km² |
| 30 | Herefordshire | 86 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