Fastest and slowest growing places in East of England (2025)
Mid Suffolk was the fastest growing of East of England’s 45 councils in 2025 (annual population change 2.1%).
Cambridge was the slowest growing (−1.2%). The middle council, Colchester, had 0.7%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mid Suffolk | 2.1% |
| 2 | Uttlesford | 1.9% |
| 3 | Central Bedfordshire | 1.8% |
| =4 | Braintree | 1.7% |
| =4 | Maldon | 1.7% |
| =4 | Tendring | 1.7% |
| =7 | Brentwood | 1.5% |
| =7 | East Cambridgeshire | 1.5% |
| =9 | Rochford | 1.4% |
| =9 | South Norfolk | 1.4% |
| 11 | Broadland | 1.3% |
| =12 | Broxbourne | 1.2% |
| =12 | Chelmsford | 1.2% |
| =12 | South Cambridgeshire | 1.2% |
| 15 | Babergh | 1.0% |
| =16 | Breckland | 0.9% |
| =16 | Epping Forest | 0.9% |
| =16 | Stevenage | 0.9% |
| =19 | Bedford | 0.8% |
| =19 | East Hertfordshire | 0.8% |
| =19 | Huntingdonshire | 0.8% |
| =19 | Watford | 0.8% |
| =23 | Colchester | 0.7% |
| =23 | Dacorum | 0.7% |
| 25 | West Suffolk | 0.6% |
| =26 | Castle Point | 0.5% |
| =26 | Fenland | 0.5% |
| =26 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 0.5% |
| =26 | Three Rivers | 0.5% |
| =30 | Basildon | 0.4% |
| =30 | Harlow | 0.4% |
| =30 | North Hertfordshire | 0.4% |
| =30 | Southend-on-Sea | 0.4% |
| =34 | Great Yarmouth | 0.3% |
| =34 | North Norfolk | 0.3% |
| =34 | Peterborough | 0.3% |
| =37 | East Suffolk | 0.2% |
| =37 | Hertsmere | 0.2% |
| =37 | Thurrock | 0.2% |
| 40 | St Albans | 0.0% |
| 41 | Ipswich | −0.4% |
| 42 | Luton | −0.7% |
| 43 | Norwich | −1.0% |
| 44 | Welwyn Hatfield | −1.1% |
| 45 | Cambridge | −1.2% |
Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Source and method · See it on the map