# Most and least densely populated places in West Midlands (2021)

Birmingham was the most densely populated of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2021 (population density 4,276 per km²).

Herefordshire was the least densely populated (86 per km²). The middle council, Newcastle-under-Lyme, had 584 per km².

Worked out by Open Index from census population counts and the area of each place.

| Rank | Area | Population density |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 4,276 per km² |
| 2 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 3,995 per km² |
| 3 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 3,798 per km² |
| 4 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 3,501 per km² |
| 5 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 3,302 per km² |
| 6 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 3,115 per km² |
| 7 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 2,765 per km² |
| 8 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 2,732 per km² |
| 9 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 2,550 per km² |
| 10 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 1,701 per km² |
| 11 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 1,604 per km² |
| 12 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 1,274 per km² |
| 13 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 1,213 per km² |
| 14 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 639 per km² |
| 15 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 584 per km² |
| 16 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 525 per km² |
| 17 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | 520 per km² |
| 18 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 457 per km² |
| 19 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 323 per km² |
| 20 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 321 per km² |
| 21 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 318 per km² |
| 22 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 271 per km² |
| =23 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 229 per km² |
| =23 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 229 per km² |
| 25 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 200 per km² |
| 26 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 166 per km² |
| =27 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 138 per km² |
| =27 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 138 per km² |
| 29 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 101 per km² |
| 30 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 86 per km² |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from census population counts and the area of each place. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

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

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

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