South kesteven population pyramid

The English region with the largest population increase was the East of England, which grew by around 8.3% or 488,000 more residents. The English region with the smallest increase was the North East, growing by 1.9% or around 50,000 people. In Wales, the population grew by 1.4% or 44,000 people.

A map shows the English regions and Wales.

In South Kesteven, the population size has increased by 7.2%, from around 133,800 in 2011 to 143,400 in 2021. This is higher than the overall increase for England (6.6%), where the population grew by nearly 3.5 million to 56,489,800.

A map of local authority areas in England is coloured to indicate the percentage change in population of each area. The data used in this article are available to download at the end.

Nearby areas like Peterborough and North Northamptonshire have seen their populations increase by around 17.5% and 13.5%, respectively, while others such as Newark and Sherwood saw an increase of 7.0% and Melton saw smaller growth (2.8%).

The map then zooms to centre on South Kesteven and show neighbouring areas.

The largest population increases in the East Midlands have been seen in Harborough and West Northamptonshire, where the populations have grown by 14.3% and 13.5%, respectively.

The map zooms out to show the percentage change in population size in all local authority areas in the East Midlands

At the other end of the scale, Chesterfield has seen a fall of 0.2%.

The local authority areas displayed on the map change form and position to create a bar chart that orders selected areas of the East Midlands by percentage change in total population.

At 7.2%, South Kesteven's population increase is slightly lower than the increase for the East Midlands (7.7%).

South Kesteven is highlighted on the bar chart along with other local authority areas in the East Midlands.

Tower Hamlets saw the largest percentage growth in population in England, increasing 22.1% between 2011 and 2021. Dartford was second, increasing 20.0%.

Every local authority area of England is shown as a dot on a chart, with the legend running from the largest percentage decrease to the highest percentage increase in population. South Kesteven is highlighted.

Some local authority areas have seen their populations decline. Kensington and Chelsea had an estimated population of 143,400 in 2021, which was around 15,200 fewer than in 2011 and a decrease of 9.6%.

The chart continues to show all areas of England as dots, ordered by the percentage change in total population, with the largest decreases towards the left and the largest increases towards the right.

The total population of local authority areas varies a lot, from Birmingham with around 1,144,900 people to the Isles of Scilly with around 2,100 people. The sizes of these circles are proportionate to the size of the population in each local authority area.

The chart changes into circles located at the centre of each local authority area on a map. The area of each circle indicates the total population.