London Political Subdivisions
(Boroughs & Cities)
Population & Population Density From 1951

London Political Subdivisions: Population Density
Borough/Cities	Area in Square Miles	1951 Census	1961 Census	1971 Census	1981 Census	1991 Census	1996 Estimate
Barking & Dagenham	13.9	13,628	12,740	11,644	10,718	10,337	11,058
Barnet	34.5	9,288	9,228	8,821	8,412	8,509	9,258
Bexley	24.9	8,249	8,429	8,650	8,609	8,659	8,807
Brent	17.1	18,192	17,304	16,355	14,692	14,212	14,474
Bromley	61.3	4,368	4,786	4,983	4,805	4,741	4,822
Camden	8.4	30,752	29,251	23,299	19,178	20,291	22,512
Croydon	37.2	8,345	8,708	9,038	8,503	8,428	8,973
Ealing	21.4	14,518	14,096	14,057	13,022	12,862	13,879
Enfield	31.3	9,205	8,749	8,520	8,216	8,224	8,390
Greenwich	19.0	12,397	12,095	11,280	11,046	10,929	11,163
Hackney	7.5	35,380	34,336	29,146	23,937	24,166	25,840
Hammersmith & Fulham	6.2	38,940	35,826	29,675	23,325	23,952	25,274
Haringey	11.7	23,702	22,150	20,392	17,321	17,282	18,470
Harrow	19.6	11,199	10,668	10,347	10,008	10,209	10,750
Havering	46.3	4,149	5,304	5,374	5,179	4,957	4,987
Hillingdon	42.6	4,937	5,361	5,457	5,311	5,437	5,815
Hounslow	22.8	9,258	9,162	9,040	8,725	8,965	9,026
Islington	5.8	46,724	45,040	34,123	27,159	28,394	30,345
Kensington & Chelsea	4.6	47,634	47,506	38,498	27,368	30,086	34,565
Kingston upon Thames	14.5	10,111	10,070	9,538	9,051	9,172	9,779
Lambeth	10.5	33,044	32,536	28,875	23,252	23,318	25,210
Lewisham	13.4	22,617	21,685	20,011	17,201	17,238	18,022
London, City of	1.0	5,324	4,767	3,558	4,701	4,142	5,200
Merton	14.6	13,708	12,946	12,223	11,308	11,539	12,486
Newham	14.5	20,277	18,303	16,117	14,423	14,632	15,786
Redbridge	21.8	11,784	11,472	10,935	10,309	10,377	10,578
Richmond upon Thames	21.8	8,628	8,300	8,054	7,216	7,373	8,252
Southwark	11.5	29,360	27,253	22,841	18,238	19,004	19,991
Sutton	16.7	10,548	10,125	10,048	10,033	10,113	10,509
Tower Hamlets	7.8	29,588	26,369	21,070	17,948	20,649	22,641
Waltham Forest	15.3	18,004	16,248	15,420	14,026	13,858	14,392
Wandsworth	13.9	23,805	24,133	21,512	18,147	18,160	19,151
Westminster, City of	8.3	36,185	32,735	25,641	19,746	21,062	24,590
Greater London	621.7	13,185	12,856	11,852	10,630	10,744	11,379

London Political Subdivisions: Change in Population from 1951
Borough/Cities	1961	1971	1981	1991	1996
Barking & Dagenham	-6.5%	-14.6%	-21.4%	-24.2%	-18.9%
Barnet	-0.6%	-5.0%	-9.4%	-8.4%	-0.3%
Bexley	2.2%	4.9%	4.4%	5.0%	6.8%
Brent	-4.9%	-10.1%	-19.2%	-21.9%	-20.4%
Bromley	9.6%	14.1%	10.0%	8.5%	10.4%
Camden	-4.9%	-24.2%	-37.6%	-34.0%	-26.8%
Croydon	4.3%	8.3%	1.9%	1.0%	7.5%
Ealing	-2.9%	-3.2%	-10.3%	-11.4%	-4.4%
Enfield	-4.9%	-7.4%	-10.7%	-10.7%	-8.9%
Greenwich	-2.4%	-9.0%	-10.9%	-11.8%	-10.0%
Hackney	-2.9%	-17.6%	-32.3%	-31.7%	-27.0%
Hammersmith & Fulham	-8.0%	-23.8%	-40.1%	-38.5%	-35.1%
Haringey	-6.5%	-14.0%	-26.9%	-27.1%	-22.1%
Harrow	-4.7%	-7.6%	-10.6%	-8.8%	-4.0%
Havering	27.9%	29.5%	24.8%	19.5%	20.2%
Hillingdon	8.6%	10.5%	7.6%	10.1%	17.8%
Hounslow	-1.0%	-2.4%	-5.8%	-3.2%	-2.5%
Islington	-3.6%	-27.0%	-41.9%	-39.2%	-35.1%
Kensington & Chelsea	-0.3%	-19.2%	-42.5%	-36.8%	-27.4%
Kingston upon Thames	-0.4%	-5.7%	-10.5%	-9.3%	-3.3%
Lambeth	-1.5%	-12.6%	-29.6%	-29.4%	-23.7%
Lewisham	-4.1%	-11.5%	-23.9%	-23.8%	-20.3%
London, City of	-10.5%	-33.2%	-11.7%	-22.2%	-2.3%
Merton	-5.6%	-10.8%	-17.5%	-15.8%	-8.9%
Newham	-9.7%	-20.5%	-28.9%	-27.8%	-22.1%
Redbridge	-2.7%	-7.2%	-12.5%	-11.9%	-10.2%
Richmond upon Thames	-3.8%	-6.7%	-16.4%	-14.5%	-4.4%
Southwark	-7.2%	-22.2%	-37.9%	-35.3%	-31.9%
Sutton	-4.0%	-4.7%	-4.9%	-4.1%	-0.4%
Tower Hamlets	-10.9%	-28.8%	-39.3%	-30.2%	-23.5%
Waltham Forest	-9.8%	-14.4%	-22.1%	-23.0%	-20.1%
Wandsworth	1.4%	-9.6%	-23.8%	-23.7%	-19.5%
Westminster, City of	-9.5%	-29.1%	-45.4%	-41.8%	-32.0%
Greater London	-2.5%	-10.1%	-19.4%	-18.5%	-13.7%