This is a list of settlements in County Durham by population based on the results of the
2011 census. The next United Kingdom
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
will take place in
2021
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. In 2011, there were 26
built-up area
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, ...
subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in
County Durham, shown in the table below. This list does not include areas transferred from County Durham to
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newc ...
in 1974, including
Gateshead and
Sunderland, which would both be larger than the current largest settlement of Darlington.
Population ranking
† - Parish count
See also
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List of settlements in Northumberland by population
This is a list of settlements in Northumberland by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 14 built-up area
An urban area, built-up area or urban ag ...
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List of settlements in Tyne and Wear by population
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County Durham
References
External links
ONS Census website
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County Durham
County Durham-related lists
County Durham