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Population Statistics for Rural England

Population Statistics for Rural England - May 2025

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
14 March 2023
Last updated
1 May 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

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A compendium of population statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.

The May 2025 release of this report includes analysis updates for all topics within this theme. Mid-year estimates have been updated, and Census 2021 data have been added based on the new 2021 rural-urban classification.

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the rural-urban classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

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Previous editions

Copies of the Population Statistics for Rural England publication are available from the National Archive.

Statistics up to 2022 can be found聽.

Updates to this page

Published 14 March 2023
Last updated 1 May 2025 show all updates

  1. Published today, updated population statistics based on the new 2021 Census-based rural-urban classification.

  2. Published today, summary headline statistics on population from the 2021 Census.

  3. First published.

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