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| 50 local authorities in the UK with the highest estimated population change in the years to mid-2003 and mid-2004 |
| Local authority | Percentage change |
|
Mid-2002 to mid-2003
| |
|
East Cambridgeshire
|
4.6
|
|
City of London
|
4.5
|
|
Forest Heath
|
3.8
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
3.6
|
|
Westminster
|
3.6
|
|
Cambridge
|
2.6
|
|
Oxford
|
2.5
|
|
Warwick
|
2.4
|
|
South Derbyshire
|
2.3
|
|
Richmondshire
|
2.1
|
|
North Dorset
|
2.1
|
|
East Northamptonshire
|
2.0
|
|
North Kesteven
|
2.0
|
|
West Lindsey
|
1.9
|
|
Pembrokeshire UA
|
1.9
|
|
South Holland
|
1.8
|
|
Mid Bedfordshire
|
1.8
|
|
Camden
|
1.8
|
|
Banbridge
|
1.7
|
|
South Cambridgeshire
|
1.7
|
|
Ribble Valley
|
1.7
|
|
Daventry
|
1.7
|
|
Rutland UA
|
1.6
|
|
Fenland
|
1.6
|
|
Torridge
|
1.6
|
|
Restormel
|
1.5
|
|
Canterbury
|
1.5
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
1.5
|
|
Eden
|
1.5
|
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
1.5
|
|
Newark and Sherwood
|
1.5
|
|
West Dorset
|
1.4
|
|
Breckland
|
1.4
|
|
South Northamptonshire
|
1.4
|
|
Hart
|
1.4
|
|
Winchester
|
1.4
|
|
Ashford
|
1.3
|
|
Omagh
|
1.3
|
|
Cotswold
|
1.3
|
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Kettering
|
1.3
|
|
West Wiltshire
|
1.3
|
|
Isle Of Wight UA
|
1.3
|
|
Colchester
|
1.2
|
|
Newry and Mourne
|
1.2
|
|
Exeter
|
1.2
|
|
Kerrier
|
1.2
|
|
South Shropshire
|
1.2
|
|
East Lindsey
|
1.2
|
|
Oswestry
|
1.2
|
|
Ballymoney
|
1.2
|
| | |
|
Mid-2003 to mid-2004
| |
|
City of London
|
7.0
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
5.6
|
|
Westminster
|
3.6
|
|
Cambridge
|
3.2
|
|
Camden
|
3.0
|
|
Warwick
|
2.7
|
|
Rutland UA
|
2.5
|
|
Down
|
2.4
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
2.0
|
|
Oxford
|
1.9
|
|
Eden
|
1.8
|
|
Forest Heath
|
1.8
|
|
South Northamptonshire
|
1.8
|
|
Torridge
|
1.8
|
|
Mid Devon
|
1.7
|
|
Ashford
|
1.7
|
|
Copeland
|
1.7
|
|
Mid Bedfordshire
|
1.7
|
|
Carlisle
|
1.7
|
|
Huntingdonshire
|
1.6
|
|
Exeter
|
1.6
|
|
East Devon
|
1.6
|
|
Ballymoney
|
1.6
|
|
Durham
|
1.6
|
|
Banbridge
|
1.6
|
|
South Holland
|
1.6
|
|
Isle Of Wight UA
|
1.6
|
|
North Kesteven
|
1.5
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
1.5
|
|
West Lindsey
|
1.5
|
|
Canterbury
|
1.5
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
1.5
|
|
Richmondshire
|
1.4
|
|
South Shropshire
|
1.4
|
|
Kennet
|
1.4
|
|
Newark and Sherwood
|
1.4
|
|
East Lindsey
|
1.4
|
|
West Devon
|
1.4
|
|
Fenland
|
1.3
|
|
Ribble Valley
|
1.3
|
|
Charnwood
|
1.3
|
|
West Wiltshire
|
1.3
|
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
1.3
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
1.3
|
|
Mid Suffolk
|
1.3
|
|
Limavady
|
1.3
|
|
South Derbyshire
|
1.3
|
|
Boston
|
1.3
|
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St. Edmundsbury
|
1.3
|
|
Winchester
|
1.3
|
Source:
Office for National Statistics
|
| 50 local authorities in the UK with the highest estimated population change in the year to mid-2005 |
| Local authority | Percentage change |
|
Mid-2004 to mid-2005
| |
|
City of London
|
6.7
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
6.6
|
|
Westminster
|
6.2
|
|
Forest Heath
|
5.0
|
|
Cambridge
|
4.7
|
|
Camden
|
4.2
|
|
Oxford
|
3.2
|
|
Warwick
|
2.9
|
|
Dungannon
|
2.9
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
2.6
|
|
Banbridge
|
2.3
|
|
South Northamptonshire
|
2.3
|
|
Rutland UA
|
2.2
|
|
Elmbridge
|
2.2
|
|
East Cambridgeshire
|
2.2
|
|
Ashford
|
2.1
|
|
Norwich
|
2.1
|
|
Exeter
|
2.1
|
|
Welwyn Hatfield
|
2.0
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
1.9
|
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
1.9
|
|
Mid Bedfordshire
|
1.9
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
1.8
|
|
Craigavon
|
1.8
|
|
Wandsworth
|
1.8
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
1.7
|
|
Redbridge
|
1.7
|
|
Charnwood
|
1.7
|
|
Ballymoney
|
1.7
|
|
Durham
|
1.7
|
|
Colchester
|
1.6
|
|
Armagh
|
1.6
|
|
Carlisle
|
1.6
|
|
South Cambridgeshire
|
1.6
|
|
Rugby
|
1.6
|
|
Eden
|
1.5
|
|
Islington
|
1.5
|
|
Canterbury
|
1.5
|
|
Hillingdon
|
1.5
|
|
Oswestry
|
1.5
|
|
Mid Suffolk
|
1.5
|
|
Newry and Mourne
|
1.4
|
|
Runnymede
|
1.4
|
|
Antrim
|
1.4
|
|
Tonbridge and Malling
|
1.4
|
|
South Derbyshire
|
1.4
|
|
Breckland
|
1.4
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead UA
|
1.3
|
|
South Bucks
|
1.3
|
|
Hart
|
1.3
|
Source:
Office for National Statistics
|
