List of settlements in Leicestershire by population

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Map showing the 10 largest settlements within Leicestershire.
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Map showing the 11th to 15th largest settlements within Leicestershire.
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Map showing the 16th to 20th largest settlements within Leicestershire.

Below is a list of settlements in Leicestershire (including the City of Leicester) by population

2021

In the 2021 UK census, the ONS places had a single definition, built-up area.[1]

# Settlement District Population
I Leicester Leicester 406,580
II Loughborough Charnwood 64,860
III Hinckley Hinckley and Bosworth 50,725
IV Wigston Oadby and Wigston 34,730
V Melton Mowbray Melton 27,450
VI Market Harborough Harborough 24,165
VII Oadby Oadby and Wigston 24,030
IIX Coalville North West Leicestershire 21,980
IX Ashby-de-la-Zouch North West Leicestershire 15,120
X Shepshed Charnwood 14,870
XI Birstall Charnwood 14,315
XII Blaby & Whetstone Blaby 14,080
XIII Leicester Forest East
& Kirby Muxloe		 Blaby 13,850
XIV Syston Charnwood 13,620
XV Enderby & Narborough Blaby 13,180
XVI Mountsorrel Charnwood 12,885
XVII Earl Shilton Hinckley and Bosworth 10,885
XVII Lutterworth Harborough 10,520
XIIX Broughton Astley Harborough 9,650
XIX Sileby Charnwood 8,955
XX Countesthorpe Blaby 7,670
XXI Castle Donington North West Leicestershire 7,345
XXII Kibworth Beauchamp
& Kibworth Harcourt		 Harborough 7,330
XXII Anstey Charnwood 7,045
XXIII Barrow upon Soar Charnwood 6,820
XXIV Ibstock North West Leicestershire 6,810
XXV Groby Charnwood 6,560
XXV Quorndon Charnwood 5,575
XXVI Measham North West Leicestershire 5,370

2001 and 2011

Based on the results of the 2011 census, where the population exceeded 2,000 (52 settlements). In the 2001 census and 2011 census, the ONS places had wider (urban area in 2001 and built-up area in 2011) and lesser (built-up area subdivision in 2011) definitions.

Rank Built-up area Population[2][3][4] UA/borough/district Local areas included and excluded
2001 2011
1 Leicester* 330,574

(279,921)

443,760[5]

(329,839)

City of Leicester (UA)

Oadby and Wigston;

Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough: parts

The makeup of the Leicester area figures is shown at the Leicester Built-Up Area article.

Figures in brackets are the population of the city council (Unitary Authority/UA) area.

2 Loughborough* 55,258 59,932 Charnwood Includes Dishley, Nanpantan, Snell's Nook, Shelthorpe, Thorpe Acre. Excludes Cotes, Hathern, Woodthorpe
3 Hinckley* 43,246 45,249 Hinckley and Bosworth Includes Burbage, Hollycroft, Middlefield, Sketchley. Excludes Aston Flamville, Wykin
4 Wigston* 33,116 ⤴︎ Oadby and Wigston Included within Leicester's figure in 2011
5 Coalville* 31,884 34,024 North West Leicestershire Includes Agar Nook, Donington le Heath, Greenhill, Hugglescote, Thringstone, Whitwick. Excludes Abbots Oak, Bardon, Coleorton, Ellistown, Grace-Dieu, Griffydam, Newbold, Osgathorpe, Peggs Green, Ravenstone, Sinope, Snibston, Swannington
6 Melton Mowbray* 25,554 27,158 Melton Includes New Guadaloupe. Excludes Asfordby, Brentingby, Burton Lazars, Eye Kettleby, Old Guadaloupe, Thorpe Arnold, Welby
7 Market Harborough* 20,127 22,911 Harborough Includes Great Bowden, Little Bowden. Excludes East Farndon and Lubenham
8 Oadby 22,679 ⤴︎ Oadby and Wigston Included within Leicester's figure in 2011
9 Earl Shilton 18,366 19,069 Hinckley and Bosworth Includes Barwell. Excludes Elmesthorpe
10 Narborough*/
Enderby 		12,996 14,119 Blaby Excludes Croft, Littlethorpe, Huncote, Thurlaston
11 Shepshed 12,882 13,505 Charnwood Includes Finney (Fenney) Hill and the Iveshead Road area. Excludes Blackbrook, Oaks in Charnwood
12 Syston 11,508 12,804 Charnwood Excludes Barkby, East Goscote, Queniborough
13 Whetstone 6,100 12,760(⇮) Blaby 2011 figure includes Blaby Village. Excludes Cosby
14 Ashby-de-la-Zouch 11,409 12,370 North West Leicestershire Includes Cliftonthorpe and Rotherwood. Excludes Annswell, Blackfordby, Lount, Moira, Packington, Shellbrook, Smisby, Willesley
15 Birstall 11,480 12,216 Charnwood Included within Leicester's figure in 2011
16 Mountsorrel 11,306 12,120 Charnwood Includes Rothley. Excludes Cropston, Swithland
17 Lutterworth 8,752 9,907 Harborough Includes Bitteswell. Excludes Cotesbach, Misterton
18 Broughton Astley 8,290 8,940 Harborough Includes Primethorpe. Excludes Sutton in the Elms
19 Sileby 7,103 8,433 Charnwood Includes Cossington. Excludes Seagrave
20 Groby 6,256 6,782 Charnwood Excludes Glenfield, Ratby
21 Anstey 5,821 6,528 Charnwood Excludes Newtown Linford
22 Castle Donington 5,977 6,416 North West Leicestershire Includes Hill Top. Excludes Hemington, Lockington
23 Countesthorpe 6,393 6,377 Blaby Excludes Kilby
24 Blaby Village 6,163 ⇮ Blaby See Whetstone for 2011
25 Ibstock 5,760 6,201 North West Leicestershire Excludes Heather
26 Barrow-upon-Soar 5,083 5,956 Charnwood
27 Kibworth Harcourt 4,788 5,433 Harborough Includes Kibworth Beauchamp. Excludes Carlton Curlieu, Fleckney, Smeeton Westerby, Tur Langton
28 Measham 4,849 5,209 North West Leicestershire Excludes Snarestone
29 Quorn 4,961 5,177 Charnwood Excludes Woodhouse, Woodthorpe
30 Markfield 4,969 4,993 Hinckley and Bosworth Includes Field Head, Little Markfield, Upper Grange. Excludes Stanton under Bardon
31 Fleckney† 4,610 4,894 Harborough Excludes Saddington, Wistow
32 Kirby Muxloe 4,523 4,667 Blaby
33 Ratby† 3,862 4,468 Hinckley and Bosworth
34 Desford† 3,676 3,930 Hinckley and Bosworth Includes Botcheston and Newtown Unthank
35 Stoney Stanton† 3,454 3,793 Blaby
36 Moira/Norris Hill† 3,496 3,763 North West Leicestershire Ashby Woulds parish count. Includes Albert Village, Boothorpe, Littleworth, Spring Cottage
37 Great Glen† 3,220 3,662 Harborough
38 Kegworth† 3,338 3,601 North West Leicestershire
39 Bottesford† 3,436 3,587 Melton
40 Cosby† 3,647 3,506 Blaby
41 Asfordby† 3,107 3,286 Melton Includes Ashfordby Hill, Ashfordby Valley, Welby
42 Newbold Verdon† 3,193 3,012 Hinckley and Bosworth Includes Brascote and Newbold Heath
43 East Goscote† 2,809 2,866 Charnwood
44 Donisthorpe† 2,336 2,637 North West Leicestershire Includes Oakthorpe
45 Ellistown† 2,106 2,626 North West Leicestershire Includes Battleflat
46 Bagworth† 1,836 2,605 Hinckley and Bosworth Includes Thornton
47 Harby† 2,428 2,577 Melton Includes Hose and Long Clawson
48 Sapcote† 2,257 2,442 Blaby
49 Queniborough† 2,257 2,326 Charnwood
50 Woodhouse† 2,013 2,319 Charnwood Includes Woodhouse Eaves
51 Ravenstone† 2,149 2,212 North West Leicestershire Includes parts of Sinope, Snibston
52 Market Bosworth† 1,906 2,097 Hinckley and Bosworth
53 Cropston† 2,076 2,074 Charnwood Includes Thurcaston

Notes:

  • The Office of National Statistics (ONS) subdivide built-up areas into sectors which do not respect administrative or political boundaries. If those areas have a strong city/town/village identity, for population purposes they are classed into a distinct area.
  • Leicester in particular will include population counts from suburbs which are not within the city boundaries – but are close enough to be counted together.
  • * – District HQ location.
  • † – Civil parish population figure.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ref for table. "Figure 1: Explore population characteristics of individual BUAs". Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Leicestershire (County, East Midlands, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Leicester (Unitary District, East Midlands, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Leicester (Unitary District, East Midlands, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  5. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Leicester BUA (E35001399)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 July 2019.