What is the best source of data for finding populations of UK Towns and Cities?
Due to the widespread interest in information about towns and cities, and for comparisons between urban populations and with those living outside towns, the government at each census, produces a report giving key statistics for urban areas (referred to as settlements in Scotland and Northern Ireland). This separates the populations of towns and cities from the populations of the area controlled by the councils bearing their names and also gives population figures for towns which don’t have their own councils. The populations of councils are published in a separate report which gives key statistics for local authorities (referred to as council areas in Scotland). The following links allow direct access to this data and are produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
