FOI reference: FOI-2025-2797
You asked
How can I find out how many people live in a local authority? I saw on your population map you also have smaller units of neighborhoods and can visualise population density but are there also numbers available for these smaller areas?
We said
Thank you for your freedom of information request.
The most up to date population data for local authorities can be found in our Population estimates for England and Wales: mid-2023 bulletin.
Estimates for smaller areas are available in our Population estimates by output areas, electoral, health and other geographies, England and Wales: rebased mid-2012 to mid-2020 bulletin.
If you have any queries, please contact Popinfo@ons.gov.uk