Population · 2025

Share of residents aged under 16: local authority ranking

Share of residents aged under 16: Barking and Dagenham comes top with 24.3% and City of London comes last with 3.6%. The median across 361 local authorities is 17.4%.

Podium and top 100

1Barking and Dagenham24.3%2Slough23.9%3Luton22.5%

#	Local authority	Region	Share of residents aged under 16
1	Barking and Dagenham	London	24.3%
2	Slough	South East	23.9%
3	Luton	East	22.5%
3	Dartford	South East	22.5%
5	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	22.3%
5	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	22.3%
7	Peterborough	East	22.2%
7	Oldham	North West	22.2%
9	Thurrock	East	22.0%
10	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	21.9%
11	Sandwell	West Midlands	21.8%
12	Harlow	East	21.6%
13	Rochdale	North West	21.5%
14	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	21.3%
15	Bolton	North West	21.2%
15	Birmingham	West Midlands	21.2%
15	Walsall	West Midlands	21.2%
15	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	21.2%
19	Gravesham	South East	21.1%
19	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	21.1%
21	Milton Keynes	South East	20.9%
22	Basildon	East	20.8%
22	Pendle	North West	20.8%
24	Redbridge	London	20.7%
25	Watford	East	20.6%
25	Crawley	South East	20.6%
27	Medway	South East	20.5%
27	Wokingham	South East	20.5%
27	Elmbridge	South East	20.5%
27	St Albans	East	20.5%
27	Trafford	North West	20.5%
27	Enfield	London	20.5%
27	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	20.5%
34	Sutton	London	20.4%
34	Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	20.4%
36	Havering	London	20.3%
37	Middlesbrough	North East	20.1%
37	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	20.1%
37	Burnley	North West	20.1%
37	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	20.1%
41	Leicester	East Midlands	19.9%
41	Stevenage	East	19.9%
43	Dacorum	East	19.8%
43	Ipswich	East	19.8%
43	Epsom and Ewell	South East	19.8%
43	Knowsley	North West	19.8%
43	Barnet	London	19.8%
43	Newport	Wales	19.8%
49	Bedford	East	19.7%
49	Central Bedfordshire	East	19.7%
49	Buckinghamshire	South East	19.7%
49	Broxbourne	East	19.7%
49	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	19.7%
49	Preston	North West	19.7%
49	Bexley	London	19.7%
49	Croydon	London	19.7%
49	Hillingdon	London	19.7%
49	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	19.7%
59	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	19.6%
59	Derby	East Midlands	19.6%
59	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	19.6%
59	Tunbridge Wells	South East	19.6%
59	Hyndburn	North West	19.6%
59	Reigate and Banstead	South East	19.6%
59	Bury	North West	19.6%
66	Hertsmere	East	19.5%
66	Rugby	West Midlands	19.5%
68	Swale	South East	19.4%
68	Coventry	West Midlands	19.4%
68	Solihull	West Midlands	19.4%
68	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	19.4%
72	Swindon	South West	19.3%
72	Bracknell Forest	South East	19.3%
72	South Cambridgeshire	East	19.3%
72	Maidstone	South East	19.3%
72	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	19.3%
77	Three Rivers	East	19.2%
77	Ashford	South East	19.2%
77	Sevenoaks	South East	19.2%
77	Woking	South East	19.2%
77	Tameside	North West	19.2%
82	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	19.1%
82	Vale of White Horse	South East	19.1%
82	Spelthorne	South East	19.1%
82	Bromley	London	19.1%
82	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	19.1%
87	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	19.0%
87	Mid Sussex	South East	19.0%
87	East Hertfordshire	East	19.0%
87	Manchester	North West	19.0%
87	Richmond upon Thames	London	19.0%
92	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	18.9%
92	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	18.9%
92	Brentwood	East	18.9%
92	Dudley	West Midlands	18.9%
92	Harrow	London	18.9%
92	Hounslow	London	18.9%
92	Waltham Forest	London	18.9%
99	Chelmsford	East	18.8%
99	Colchester	East	18.8%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Share of residents aged under 16
347	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	13.8%
347	East Lindsey	East Midlands	13.8%
349	Brighton and Hove	South East	13.7%
349	Isles of Scilly	South West	13.7%
349	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	13.7%
352	Cambridge	East	13.6%
352	Lambeth	London	13.6%
352	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	13.6%
355	Islington	London	13.5%
355	Ceredigion	Wales	13.5%
357	Camden	London	13.2%
358	Kensington and Chelsea	London	12.8%
359	North Norfolk	East	12.6%
360	Westminster	London	11.4%
361	City of London	London	3.6%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Other rankings on the same theme

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Share of residents aged under 16”?

Barking and Dagenham ranks first for “Share of residents aged under 16”, with 24.3%.

What is the median for “Share of residents aged under 16”?

The median across the 361 ranked local authorities is 17.4%.