List of settlements in West Yorkshire by population
This is a list of settlements in West Yorkshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 50 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in West Yorkshire, shown in the table below.
Administrative boundaries
Population ranking
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The 5 largest settlements of the county of West Yorkshire, with cities in bold, district centres in yellow.class=notpageimage|
The 20th to 25th largest settlements of the county of West Yorkshire.# | Settlement | Population | |
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2001[1] | 2011[2] | ||
1 | Leeds | 445,260 | 474,632 |
2 | Bradford | 309,020 | 349,561 |
3 | Huddersfield | 147,280 | 162,949 |
4 | Wakefield | 96,290 | 99,251 |
5 | Halifax | 83,440 | 88,134 |
6 | Batley | 76,270 | 80,485 |
7 | Dewsbury | 57,780 | 62,945 |
8 | Keighley | 48,920 | 53,331 |
9 | Castleford | 36,300 | 39,192 |
10 | Brighouse | 31,870 | 33,286 |
11 | Pudsey | 31,850 | 32,216 |
12 | Morley | 27,480 | 29,673 |
13 | Pontefract | 28,250 | 29,305 |
14 | Shipley | 26,040 | 28,694 |
15 | Bingley | 19,890 | 22,493 |
16 | Holmfirth | 20,138 | 21,706 |
17 | Normanton | 20,280 | 21,317 |
18 | Ossett | 21,076 | 21,231 |
19 | Yeadon | 20,270 | 19,668 |
20 | Rothwell | 19,400 | 19,512 |
21 | Mirfield | 18,390 | 19,330 |
22 | Horsforth | 18,930 | 18,895 |
23 | Liversedge | 16,930 | 17,697 |
24 | Baildon | 15,569 | 15,944 |
25 | Elland | 14,560 | 15,625 |
26 | Garforth | 15,394 | 14,838 |
27 | Ilkley | 13,828 | 14,809 |
28 | Otley | 14,641 | 14,215 |
29 | Knottingley | 13,797 | 13,971 |
30 | Heckmondwike | 10,717 | 12,085 |
31 | Guiseley | 11,130 | 11,960 |
32 | Todmorden | 11,555 | 11,690 |
33 | Cleckheaton | 10,480 | 11,648 |
34 | Wetherby | 11,710 | 11,242 |
35 | Featherstone | 11,660 | 11,060 |
36 | South Elmsall | 10,211 | 10,366 |
37 | Horbury | 10,002 | 10,361 |
38 | Kippax | 10,422 | 10,083 |
39 | Hemsworth | 9,145 | 9,246 |
40 | South Kirkby | 8,220 | 8,533 |
41 | Silsden | 7,681 | 7,912 |
42 | Meltham | 7,382 | 7,836 |
43 | Burley | 6,400 | 7,041 |
44 | Haworth | 6,078 | 6,379 |
45 | Upton | 6,070 | 5,874 |
46 | Shepley | 5,242 | 5,444 |
47 | Thornton | 4,998 | 5,289 |
48 | Ackworth | 4,784 | 5,281 |
49 | Crofton | 5,414 | 5,258 |
50 | Ryhill | 4,731 | 5,150 |
51 | Allerton Bywater | 3,950 | 4,717 |
52 | Ripponden | 3,780 | 4,665 |
53 | Boston Spa | 4,628 | 4,662 |
54 | Sowerby Bridge | 4,420 | 4,601 |
55 | Skelmanthorpe | 4,141 | 4,549 |
See also
References
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(cities in italics)
- Baildon
- Batley
- Bingley
- Birstall
- Bradford
- Brighouse
- Castleford
- Cleckheaton
- Denholme
- Dewsbury
- Elland
- Farsley
- Featherstone
- Garforth
- Guiseley
- Halifax
- Hebden Bridge
- Heckmondwike
- Hemsworth
- Holmfirth
- Horbury
- Horsforth
- Huddersfield
- Ilkley
- Keighley
- Knottingley
- Leeds
- Liversedge
- Meltham
- Mirfield
- Morley
- Normanton
- Ossett
- Otley
- Pontefract
- Pudsey
- Queensbury
- Rothwell
- Shipley
- Silsden
- South Elmsall
- South Kirkby
- Sowerby Bridge
- Stanley
- Thornton
- Todmorden
- Wakefield
- Wetherby
- Yeadon
See also: List of civil parishes in West Yorkshire
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