Sex by council, Census 2021
Usual residents of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by sex, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Sex (2 categories)”).
Female, highest: Birmingham
584,496
Census Day, 21 March 2021
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTCSource: Office for National Statistics (Census 2021). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
318 rows
| Area | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham E08000025 | 584,496 | 560,423 |
| Leeds E08000035 | 415,579 | 396,374 |
| North Yorkshire E06000065 | 313,811 | 301,680 |
| Cornwall E06000052 | 293,685 | 276,620 |
| Somerset E06000066 | 292,100 | 279,447 |
| Buckinghamshire E06000060 | 282,683 | 270,395 |
| Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025 | 282,327 | 274,194 |
| Bradford E08000032 | 278,968 | 267,444 |
| Manchester E08000003 | 277,877 | 274,061 |
| County Durham E06000047 | 266,764 | 255,304 |
| Wiltshire E06000054 | 258,626 | 251,704 |
| Liverpool E08000012 | 249,460 | 236,628 |
| Bristol, City of E06000023 | 237,942 | 234,523 |
| Kirklees E08000034 | 220,870 | 212,346 |
| West Northamptonshire E06000062 | 215,060 | 210,665 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058 | 204,826 | 195,370 |
| Cheshire East E06000049 | 203,195 | 195,577 |
| Croydon E09000008 | 203,086 | 187,633 |
| Barnet E09000003 | 200,799 | 188,545 |
| Dorset E06000059 | 195,166 | 184,413 |
| Leicester E06000016 | 186,460 | 182,112 |
| Ealing E09000009 | 186,205 | 180,910 |
| Cardiff W06000015 | 185,460 | 176,850 |
| Cheshire West and Chester E06000050 | 182,842 | 174,308 |
| North Northamptonshire E06000061 | 182,452 | 177,070 |
| Wakefield E08000036 | 179,539 | 173,831 |
| Newham E09000025 | 175,723 | 175,313 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011 | 174,368 | 167,847 |
| Sandwell E08000028 | 173,577 | 168,255 |
| Coventry E08000026 | 173,137 | 172,187 |
| Brent E09000005 | 173,121 | 166,695 |
| Enfield E09000010 | 172,473 | 157,511 |
| Wandsworth E09000032 | 172,253 | 155,253 |
| Bromley E09000006 | 171,733 | 158,258 |
| Wigan E08000010 | 166,333 | 162,997 |
| Wirral E08000015 | 165,122 | 155,077 |
| Nottingham E06000018 | 164,628 | 159,004 |
| Dudley E08000027 | 164,471 | 159,017 |
| Northumberland E06000057 | 163,989 | 156,578 |
| Shropshire E06000051 | 163,923 | 159,683 |
| Lambeth E09000022 | 163,713 | 153,941 |
| Southwark E09000028 | 158,633 | 149,004 |
| Lewisham E09000023 | 157,820 | 142,733 |
| Redbridge E09000026 | 156,929 | 153,331 |
| Doncaster E08000017 | 155,280 | 152,826 |
| Hillingdon E09000017 | 154,860 | 151,049 |
| Tower Hamlets E09000030 | 154,437 | 155,869 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021 | 151,802 | 148,323 |
| Stockport E08000007 | 151,373 | 143,400 |
| Bolton E08000001 | 150,056 | 145,907 |
| Central Bedfordshire E06000056 | 149,123 | 145,129 |
| Greenwich E09000011 | 148,570 | 140,498 |
| South Gloucestershire E06000025 | 146,655 | 143,769 |
| Milton Keynes E06000042 | 145,486 | 141,574 |
| Walsall E08000030 | 145,467 | 138,657 |
| Hounslow E09000018 | 144,979 | 143,202 |
| Sefton E08000014 | 143,990 | 135,243 |
| Medway E06000035 | 142,646 | 137,127 |
| Waltham Forest E09000031 | 141,951 | 136,474 |
| Brighton and Hove E06000043 | 141,540 | 135,563 |
| Sunderland E08000024 | 141,078 | 133,093 |
| Cumberland E06000063 | 138,835 | 134,419 |
| Haringey E09000014 | 136,994 | 127,244 |
| Havering E09000016 | 135,668 | 126,384 |
| Rotherham E08000018 | 135,547 | 130,260 |
| Hackney E09000012 | 135,303 | 123,843 |
| Plymouth E06000026 | 134,784 | 129,911 |
| Salford E08000006 | 134,389 | 135,534 |
| Wolverhampton E08000031 | 134,175 | 129,552 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010 | 133,781 | 133,233 |
| Harrow E09000015 | 132,406 | 128,797 |
| Derby E06000015 | 131,854 | 129,510 |
| Stoke-on-Trent E06000021 | 129,893 | 128,476 |
| Bexley E09000004 | 127,970 | 118,502 |
| East Suffolk E07000244 | 126,223 | 119,835 |
| Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025 | 124,293 | 120,279 |
| Southampton E06000045 | 123,953 | 124,969 |
| Oldham E08000004 | 123,766 | 118,323 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016 | 121,321 | 116,330 |
| Swansea W06000011 | 120,966 | 117,524 |
| Trafford E08000009 | 120,644 | 114,408 |
| Tameside E08000008 | 117,797 | 113,276 |
| Swindon E06000030 | 117,347 | 116,063 |
| Westmorland and Furness E06000064 | 114,869 | 111,723 |
| Rochdale E08000005 | 114,055 | 109,718 |
| Islington E09000019 | 113,291 | 103,298 |
| Luton E06000032 | 112,438 | 112,824 |
| Barking and Dagenham E09000002 | 112,288 | 106,581 |
| North Somerset E06000024 | 111,422 | 105,306 |
| Solihull E08000029 | 111,280 | 104,960 |
| Camden E09000007 | 110,652 | 99,484 |
| Merton E09000024 | 110,531 | 104,656 |
| Peterborough E06000031 | 109,067 | 106,606 |
| Sutton E09000029 | 108,156 | 101,483 |
| North Tyneside E08000022 | 107,630 | 101,337 |
| Warrington E06000007 | 106,529 | 104,445 |
| Calderdale E08000033 | 105,901 | 100,730 |
| Westminster E09000033 | 105,327 | 98,909 |
| York E06000014 | 105,298 | 97,523 |
| Portsmouth E06000044 | 104,840 | 103,163 |
| Richmond upon Thames E09000027 | 101,317 | 93,961 |
| Stockton-on-Tees E06000004 | 100,072 | 96,523 |
| Gateshead E08000037 | 99,952 | 96,199 |
| Bath and North East Somerset E06000022 | 99,019 | 94,390 |
| Bury E08000002 | 98,741 | 95,110 |
| Colchester E07000071 | 98,448 | 94,267 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013 | 97,214 | 85,943 |
| Basildon E07000066 | 96,504 | 91,067 |
| Carmarthenshire W06000010 | 96,212 | 91,685 |
| Herefordshire, County of E06000019 | 95,180 | 91,854 |
| Telford and Wrekin E06000020 | 94,206 | 91,335 |
| Bedford E06000055 | 94,101 | 91,124 |
| Basingstoke and Deane E07000084 | 93,486 | 91,668 |
| St. Helens E08000013 | 93,334 | 89,914 |
| Southend-on-Sea E06000033 | 92,773 | 87,913 |
| Chelmsford E07000070 | 92,489 | 89,034 |
| Charnwood E07000130 | 91,931 | 92,040 |
| New Forest E07000091 | 91,243 | 84,542 |
| Huntingdonshire E07000011 | 91,149 | 89,684 |
| Wokingham E06000041 | 90,281 | 87,221 |
| Caerphilly W06000018 | 89,987 | 85,965 |
| West Suffolk E07000245 | 89,834 | 90,114 |
| Thurrock E06000034 | 89,787 | 86,213 |
| Maidstone E07000110 | 88,818 | 86,964 |
| Reading E06000038 | 87,382 | 86,842 |
| Kingston upon Thames E09000021 | 87,047 | 81,016 |
| North Lincolnshire E06000013 | 85,970 | 83,710 |
| Arun E07000224 | 85,430 | 79,459 |
| Wealden E07000065 | 83,014 | 77,137 |
| South Cambridgeshire E07000012 | 82,562 | 79,557 |
| Oxford E07000178 | 82,419 | 79,622 |
| Canterbury E07000106 | 81,846 | 75,583 |
| West Berkshire E06000037 | 81,746 | 79,701 |
| Newport W06000022 | 81,166 | 78,421 |
| Cherwell E07000177 | 81,112 | 79,904 |
| Knowsley E08000011 | 80,668 | 73,849 |
| North East Lincolnshire E06000012 | 80,154 | 76,812 |
| Slough E06000039 | 80,005 | 78,495 |
| Braintree E07000067 | 79,145 | 76,123 |
| Flintshire W06000005 | 79,059 | 75,903 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146 | 78,964 | 75,361 |
| Dacorum E07000096 | 78,952 | 76,129 |
| Mid Sussex E07000228 | 78,500 | 74,066 |
| East Devon E07000040 | 78,206 | 72,622 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040 | 78,080 | 75,416 |
| Blackburn with Darwen E06000008 | 78,043 | 76,696 |
| Reigate and Banstead E07000211 | 77,019 | 73,827 |
| Tendring E07000076 | 76,817 | 71,475 |
| East Hertfordshire E07000242 | 76,655 | 73,503 |
| Swale E07000113 | 76,361 | 75,316 |
| Kensington and Chelsea E09000020 | 76,312 | 67,063 |
| South Tyneside E08000023 | 76,062 | 71,714 |
| St Albans E07000240 | 75,871 | 72,296 |
| South Oxfordshire E07000179 | 75,528 | 73,557 |
| Horsham E07000227 | 75,145 | 71,633 |
| Warwick E07000222 | 74,605 | 73,847 |
| Preston E07000123 | 74,101 | 73,734 |
| South Kesteven E07000141 | 73,896 | 69,508 |
| Bridgend W06000013 | 73,625 | 71,863 |
| Middlesbrough E06000002 | 73,040 | 70,884 |
| Lancaster E07000121 | 73,002 | 69,929 |
| Guildford E07000209 | 72,929 | 70,720 |
| Thanet E07000114 | 72,927 | 67,660 |
| Norwich E07000148 | 72,851 | 71,071 |
| East Lindsey E07000137 | 72,771 | 69,525 |
| South Norfolk E07000149 | 72,709 | 69,238 |
| Cambridge E07000008 | 72,693 | 72,981 |
| Neath Port Talbot W06000012 | 72,410 | 69,879 |
| Isle of Wight E06000046 | 72,370 | 68,089 |
| Elmbridge E07000207 | 71,741 | 67,013 |
| Torbay E06000027 | 71,493 | 67,831 |
| Blackpool E06000009 | 71,410 | 69,626 |
| Breckland E07000143 | 71,352 | 70,124 |
| Redcar and Cleveland E06000003 | 70,446 | 66,085 |
| Ipswich E07000202 | 70,326 | 69,316 |
| Vale of White Horse E07000180 | 69,961 | 68,952 |
| Eastleigh E07000086 | 69,743 | 66,700 |
| Teignbridge E07000045 | 69,469 | 65,334 |
| Epping Forest E07000072 | 69,389 | 65,591 |
| Stratford-on-Avon E07000221 | 69,351 | 65,374 |
| Stafford E07000197 | 69,235 | 67,632 |
| North Hertfordshire E07000099 | 68,472 | 64,738 |
| Vale of Glamorgan W06000014 | 68,345 | 63,594 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219 | 68,285 | 65,912 |
| Wrexham W06000006 | 68,241 | 66,876 |
| Ashford E07000105 | 68,156 | 64,591 |
| Tonbridge and Malling E07000115 | 67,847 | 64,354 |
| Wychavon E07000238 | 67,499 | 64,993 |
| Powys W06000023 | 67,467 | 65,702 |
| Broadland E07000144 | 67,458 | 64,263 |
| Exeter E07000041 | 67,044 | 63,665 |
| Gloucester E07000081 | 66,916 | 65,500 |
| Test Valley E07000093 | 66,608 | 63,884 |
| Waverley E07000216 | 66,031 | 62,198 |
| Halton E06000006 | 65,547 | 62,931 |
| Winchester E07000094 | 65,380 | 62,065 |
| East Hampshire E07000085 | 64,735 | 61,011 |
| Chichester E07000225 | 64,553 | 59,515 |
| Ashfield E07000170 | 64,441 | 61,859 |
| Amber Valley E07000032 | 64,233 | 61,973 |
| Havant E07000090 | 64,230 | 59,978 |
| Pembrokeshire W06000009 | 63,289 | 60,071 |
| Bracknell Forest E06000036 | 63,163 | 61,444 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195 | 62,840 | 60,459 |
| Newark and Sherwood E07000175 | 62,458 | 60,498 |
| Sevenoaks E07000111 | 62,306 | 58,208 |
| East Staffordshire E07000193 | 61,985 | 62,034 |
| Stroud E07000082 | 61,869 | 59,235 |
| West Lancashire E07000127 | 61,002 | 56,427 |
| Welwyn Hatfield E07000241 | 60,930 | 58,907 |
| Cheltenham E07000078 | 60,751 | 58,085 |
| Rushcliffe E07000176 | 60,729 | 58,348 |
| Gedling E07000173 | 60,384 | 56,879 |
| North Kesteven E07000139 | 60,220 | 57,854 |
| Gwynedd W06000002 | 59,868 | 57,525 |
| Dover E07000108 | 59,609 | 56,801 |
| Dartford E07000107 | 59,599 | 57,154 |
| Crawley E07000226 | 59,492 | 59,001 |
| Bassetlaw E07000171 | 59,391 | 58,413 |
| Tunbridge Wells E07000116 | 59,364 | 55,947 |
| Conwy W06000003 | 59,156 | 55,585 |
| Chorley E07000118 | 59,045 | 58,687 |
| Fareham E07000087 | 58,720 | 55,793 |
| West Oxfordshire E07000181 | 58,106 | 56,131 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132 | 57,607 | 56,033 |
| Wyre E07000128 | 57,516 | 54,430 |
| Worthing E07000229 | 57,509 | 53,829 |
| Erewash E07000036 | 57,461 | 55,445 |
| Rugby E07000220 | 57,412 | 56,951 |
| South Ribble E07000126 | 56,734 | 54,301 |
| Broxtowe E07000172 | 56,542 | 54,398 |
| Folkestone and Hythe E07000112 | 56,183 | 53,575 |
| Mansfield E07000174 | 56,089 | 54,393 |
| Hertsmere E07000098 | 56,028 | 51,799 |
| South Staffordshire E07000196 | 55,164 | 55,308 |
| Darlington E06000005 | 55,129 | 52,670 |
| Gravesham E07000109 | 54,667 | 52,233 |
| South Derbyshire E07000039 | 54,665 | 52,543 |
| Lichfield E07000194 | 53,993 | 52,443 |
| Eastbourne E07000061 | 53,157 | 48,532 |
| North West Leicestershire E07000134 | 53,071 | 51,634 |
| Worcester E07000237 | 52,999 | 50,873 |
| Chesterfield E07000034 | 52,681 | 50,888 |
| North Norfolk E07000147 | 52,681 | 50,298 |
| Blaby E07000129 | 52,478 | 50,448 |
| Lincoln E07000138 | 52,410 | 51,403 |
| Spelthorne E07000213 | 52,335 | 50,621 |
| Woking E07000217 | 52,304 | 51,639 |
| North East Derbyshire E07000038 | 52,267 | 49,734 |
| Fenland E07000010 | 52,265 | 50,197 |
| Mid Suffolk E07000203 | 52,063 | 50,636 |
| Watford E07000103 | 51,901 | 50,345 |
| Lewes E07000063 | 51,794 | 48,111 |
| Wyre Forest E07000239 | 51,785 | 49,822 |
| Broxbourne E07000095 | 51,126 | 47,881 |
| Cannock Chase E07000192 | 51,007 | 49,512 |
| Great Yarmouth E07000145 | 50,853 | 48,892 |
| Bromsgrove E07000234 | 50,730 | 48,453 |
| North Devon E07000043 | 50,593 | 48,018 |
| Hart E07000089 | 50,263 | 49,145 |
| Rushmoor E07000092 | 49,866 | 49,888 |
| Harborough E07000131 | 49,276 | 48,349 |
| Denbighshire W06000004 | 49,209 | 46,609 |
| Rother E07000064 | 48,889 | 44,221 |
| Tewkesbury E07000083 | 48,795 | 46,089 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198 | 48,566 | 47,279 |
| West Lindsey E07000142 | 48,464 | 46,689 |
| Pendle E07000122 | 48,396 | 47,361 |
| South Holland E07000140 | 48,367 | 46,755 |
| Three Rivers E07000102 | 48,121 | 45,650 |
| Harlow E07000073 | 47,920 | 45,408 |
| Burnley E07000117 | 47,849 | 46,797 |
| Hartlepool E06000001 | 47,653 | 44,685 |
| Babergh E07000200 | 47,527 | 44,811 |
| Monmouthshire W06000021 | 47,417 | 45,540 |
| Torfaen W06000020 | 47,409 | 44,867 |
| Cotswold E07000079 | 47,060 | 43,772 |
| Hastings E07000062 | 46,850 | 44,146 |
| Uttlesford E07000077 | 46,692 | 44,649 |
| High Peak E07000037 | 46,252 | 44,680 |
| Castle Point E07000069 | 46,225 | 43,362 |
| Surrey Heath E07000214 | 46,000 | 44,453 |
| South Hams E07000044 | 45,970 | 42,657 |
| Runnymede E07000212 | 45,545 | 42,534 |
| Tandridge E07000215 | 45,542 | 42,332 |
| Stevenage E07000243 | 45,337 | 44,158 |
| Mole Valley E07000210 | 44,885 | 42,501 |
| East Cambridgeshire E07000009 | 44,712 | 43,050 |
| Forest of Dean E07000080 | 44,441 | 42,563 |
| Rochford E07000075 | 44,157 | 41,504 |
| Redditch E07000236 | 44,049 | 42,987 |
| Mid Devon E07000042 | 42,389 | 40,463 |
| Gosport E07000088 | 41,841 | 40,111 |
| Hyndburn E07000120 | 41,756 | 40,478 |
| Epsom and Ewell E07000208 | 41,736 | 39,202 |
| Fylde E07000119 | 41,517 | 39,858 |
| Malvern Hills E07000235 | 40,849 | 38,637 |
| Bolsover E07000033 | 40,693 | 39,580 |
| Tamworth E07000199 | 39,912 | 38,735 |
| Brentwood E07000068 | 39,587 | 37,460 |
| Derbyshire Dales E07000035 | 36,601 | 34,939 |
| Ceredigion W06000008 | 36,512 | 34,963 |
| Rossendale E07000125 | 36,106 | 34,765 |
| Boston E07000136 | 35,806 | 34,696 |
| Isle of Anglesey W06000001 | 35,219 | 33,659 |
| Torridge E07000046 | 34,769 | 33,345 |
| Blaenau Gwent W06000019 | 34,065 | 32,839 |
| Maldon E07000074 | 33,816 | 32,392 |
| Adur E07000223 | 33,329 | 31,215 |
| North Warwickshire E07000218 | 33,121 | 31,914 |
| Ribble Valley E07000124 | 31,357 | 30,204 |
| Merthyr Tydfil W06000024 | 30,086 | 28,753 |
| Oadby and Wigston E07000135 | 29,754 | 27,993 |
| West Devon E07000047 | 29,160 | 27,936 |
| Melton E07000133 | 26,496 | 25,256 |
| Rutland E06000017 | 19,977 | 21,072 |
| City of London E09000001 | 3,861 | 4,722 |
| Isles of Scilly E06000053 | 1,050 | 1,004 |
| Barnsley E08000038 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016 |
| Sheffield E08000039 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019 | given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019 |
Map
Female · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in
- 1,050 to 51k
- 51k to 67k
- 67k to 85k
- 85k to 136k
- 136k to 584k
Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics (Census 2021)
- Check it yourself
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- Retrieved
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Verification
Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC; 636 of 636 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Office for National Statistics (Census 2021); Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:44:07Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 636 of 636 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 636 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 636 of 636 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | The ONS's answer for England and for Wales agrees | in 4 of 4 cells (a category in a nation) the councils sum to the nation's count at https://api.beta.ons.gov.uk/v1/population-types/UR/census-observations?area-type=ctry&dimensions=sex within twice the square root of the councils summed (0 exactly; the largest gap 0.17 of its limit), the Census's cell-by-cell perturbation |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Census Day was the 21st of March 2021. The ONS perturbs every count slightly to protect privacy, each cell on its own, so a council's categories can add up to a total a few people different from one topic to another, and its councils add up to England's and Wales's counts only within a few dozen.
- By council as the ONS's Census API gives them, its lower-tier local authorities of 2023, with Barnsley's and Sheffield's figures under the codes they had until the 1st of April 2025, as the API gives them. Scotland's and Northern Ireland's censuses are separate, so their councils are not here.
- Every council's categories together count all its usual residents.
- The ONS's description of the topic, “Sex (2 categories)”: This is the sex recorded by the person completing the census. The options were “Female” and “Male”.