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Median age (youngest first)

Where England is youngest and oldest: every local authority ranked by estimated median age (Census 2021, interpolated from 5-year bands).

#Local authorityRegion Median age (est.)
1 Nottingham East Midlands 32
2 Manchester North West 32
3 Tower Hamlets London 32
4 Oxford South East 33
5 Barking and Dagenham London 33
6 Newham London 33
7 Cambridge East of England 34
8 Leicester East Midlands 34
9 Slough South East 34
10 Luton East of England 34
11 Birmingham West Midlands 34
12 Hackney London 34
13 Lincoln East Midlands 35
14 Newcastle upon Tyne North East 35
15 Bristol, City of South West 35
16 Southampton South East 35
17 Southwark London 36
18 Reading South East 36
19 Salford North West 36
20 Coventry West Midlands 36
21 Greenwich London 36
22 Islington London 36
23 Norwich East of England 36
24 Redbridge London 36
25 Wandsworth London 36
26 Lambeth London 36
27 Waltham Forest London 36
28 Camden London 36
29 Lewisham London 36
30 Exeter South West 36
31 Hammersmith and Fulham London 36
32 Brent London 36
33 Hounslow London 36
34 Blackburn with Darwen North West 37
35 Bradford Yorkshire and The Humber 37
36 Peterborough East of England 37
37 Portsmouth South East 37
38 Hillingdon London 37
39 Thurrock East of England 37
40 Preston North West 37
41 Haringey London 37
42 Watford East of England 37
43 Ealing London 37
44 Liverpool North West 37
45 Dartford South East 37
46 Crawley South East 37
47 Sandwell West Midlands 37
48 Leeds Yorkshire and The Humber 37
49 Enfield London 37
50 Milton Keynes South East 37
51 Oldham North West 37
52 Harlow East of England 38
53 Merton London 38
54 Welwyn Hatfield East of England 38
55 Barnet London 38
56 Westminster London 38
57 Croydon London 38
58 Kingston upon Hull, City of Yorkshire and The Humber 38
59 Harrow London 38
60 Derby East Midlands 38
61 Sheffield Yorkshire and The Humber 38
62 Middlesbrough North East 38
63 Kingston upon Thames London 38
64 Brighton and Hove South East 38
65 Rochdale North West 39
66 Wolverhampton West Midlands 39
67 Ipswich East of England 39
68 Stevenage East of England 39
69 Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands 39
70 Rushmoor South East 39
71 Sutton London 39
72 Walsall West Midlands 39
73 Bolton North West 39
74 Medway South East 39
75 Runnymede South East 39
76 Bracknell Forest South East 39
77 Colchester East of England 39
78 Gloucester South West 39
79 Pendle North West 39
80 Guildford South East 39
81 Bexley London 39
82 Bedford East of England 40
83 Basildon East of England 40
84 Gravesham South East 40
85 Havering London 40
86 York Yorkshire and The Humber 40
87 City of London London 40
88 Swindon South West 40
89 Burnley North West 40
90 Charnwood East Midlands 40
91 Woking South East 40
92 Kensington and Chelsea London 40
93 Bath and North East Somerset South West 40
94 Plymouth South West 40
95 Kirklees Yorkshire and The Humber 40
96 West Northamptonshire East Midlands 40
97 Worcester West Midlands 40
98 Telford and Wrekin West Midlands 40
99 Broxbourne East of England 40
100 Hyndburn North West 40
101 Trafford North West 40
102 Wokingham South East 40
103 Warwick West Midlands 40
104 Redditch West Midlands 40
105 Knowsley North West 40
106 Dacorum East of England 41
107 Hertsmere East of England 41
108 Cherwell South East 41
109 Tameside North West 41
110 South Gloucestershire South West 41
111 Rugby West Midlands 41
112 Bury North West 41
113 Reigate and Banstead South East 41
114 Cheltenham South West 41
115 Basingstoke and Deane South East 41
116 St Albans East of England 41
117 Bromley London 41
118 Richmond upon Thames London 41
119 North Northamptonshire East Midlands 41
120 Epsom and Ewell South East 41
121 Spelthorne South East 41
122 Central Bedfordshire East of England 41
123 Lancaster North West 41
124 Canterbury South East 41
125 Swale South East 41
126 Maidstone South East 41
127 East Staffordshire West Midlands 41
128 Tamworth West Midlands 41
129 Nuneaton and Bedworth West Midlands 41
130 Halton North West 42
131 Southend-on-Sea East of England 42
132 Stockton-on-Tees North East 42
133 Chelmsford East of England 42
134 Three Rivers East of England 42
135 Eastleigh South East 42
136 Buckinghamshire South East 42
137 Ashford South East 42
138 Elmbridge South East 42
139 Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber 42
140 Vale of White Horse South East 42
141 West Suffolk East of England 42
142 Doncaster Yorkshire and The Humber 42
143 Windsor and Maidenhead South East 42
144 Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber 42
145 South Derbyshire East Midlands 42
146 Mansfield East Midlands 42
147 East Hertfordshire East of England 42
148 Dudley West Midlands 42
149 Tonbridge and Malling South East 42
150 Oadby and Wigston East Midlands 42
151 Stockport North West 42
152 Wigan North West 42
153 Epping Forest East of England 42
154 North Hertfordshire East of England 42
155 Calderdale Yorkshire and The Humber 42
156 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West 43
157 South Cambridgeshire East of England 43
158 Boston East Midlands 43
159 Ashfield East Midlands 43
160 Hartlepool North East 43
161 Warrington North West 43
162 Barnsley Yorkshire and The Humber 43
163 Brentwood East of England 43
164 Winchester South East 43
165 Blaby East Midlands 43
166 Cannock Chase West Midlands 43
167 Gateshead North East 43
168 Tunbridge Wells South East 43
169 Rossendale North West 43
170 Hart South East 43
171 Huntingdonshire East of England 43
172 Solihull West Midlands 43
173 Darlington North East 43
174 West Berkshire South East 43
175 St. Helens North West 43
176 North Tyneside North East 43
177 Sunderland North East 43
178 North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 43
179 Braintree East of England 43
180 North West Leicestershire East Midlands 43
181 Surrey Heath South East 44
182 Mid Sussex South East 44
183 Broxtowe East Midlands 44
184 East Cambridgeshire East of England 44
185 Hastings South East 44
186 South Oxfordshire South East 44
187 Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands 44
188 Gosport South East 44
189 Chorley North West 44
190 South Tyneside North East 44
191 Cheshire West and Chester North West 44
192 Uttlesford East of England 44
193 Blackpool North West 44
194 Bolsover East Midlands 44
195 Tandridge South East 44
196 County Durham North East 44
197 Erewash East Midlands 44
198 Rushcliffe East Midlands 44
199 Tewkesbury South West 44
200 Sevenoaks South East 44
201 Gedling East Midlands 44
202 Test Valley South East 44
203 West Lancashire North West 44
204 West Oxfordshire South East 44
205 Wirral North West 45
206 Wiltshire South West 45
207 South Ribble North West 45
208 Worthing South East 45
209 North Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 45
210 Chesterfield East Midlands 45
211 Fenland East of England 45
212 Hinckley and Bosworth East Midlands 45
213 Waverley South East 45
214 Thanet South East 45
215 Bassetlaw East Midlands 45
216 Newark and Sherwood East Midlands 45
217 Cheshire East North West 46
218 Eastbourne South East 46
219 Stafford West Midlands 46
220 North Warwickshire West Midlands 46
221 Harborough East Midlands 46
222 Adur South East 46
223 Bromsgrove West Midlands 46
224 North Somerset South West 46
225 Great Yarmouth East of England 46
226 Horsham South East 46
227 Redcar and Cleveland North East 46
228 Rochford East of England 46
229 Dover South East 46
230 Sefton North West 46
231 North Kesteven East Midlands 46
232 Amber Valley East Midlands 46
233 South Holland East Midlands 46
234 South Kesteven East Midlands 46
235 Havant South East 46
236 Cumberland North West 46
237 Lichfield West Midlands 46
238 High Peak East Midlands 46
239 Castle Point East of England 46
240 South Norfolk East of England 46
241 Mid Devon South West 46
242 East Hampshire South East 46
243 Rutland East Midlands 47
244 Breckland East of England 47
245 Somerset South West 47
246 Stroud South West 47
247 Fareham South East 47
248 Wyre Forest West Midlands 47
249 Folkestone and Hythe South East 47
250 Melton East Midlands 47
251 King's Lynn and West Norfolk East of England 47
252 Mole Valley South East 47
253 Cornwall South West 47
254 North East Derbyshire East Midlands 47
255 Wychavon West Midlands 47
256 Forest of Dean South West 48
257 Mid Suffolk East of England 48
258 Shropshire West Midlands 48
259 North Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 48
260 North Devon South West 48
261 West Lindsey East Midlands 48
262 South Staffordshire West Midlands 48
263 Broadland East of England 48
264 Stratford-on-Avon West Midlands 48
265 Herefordshire, County of West Midlands 48
266 Maldon East of England 48
267 Ribble Valley North West 48
268 Northumberland North East 48
269 Lewes South East 48
270 Chichester South East 48
271 Torbay South West 48
272 Westmorland and Furness North West 48
273 Babergh East of England 48
274 East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 49
275 Cotswold South West 49
276 Wealden South East 49
277 Arun South East 49
278 Isles of Scilly South West 49
279 Teignbridge South West 49
280 Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands 49
281 Wyre North West 49
282 East Suffolk East of England 49
283 Fylde North West 50
284 Tendring East of England 50
285 Malvern Hills West Midlands 50
286 East Devon South West 50
287 Isle of Wight South East 50
288 Torridge South West 50
289 South Hams South West 50
290 New Forest South East 50
291 Dorset South West 50
292 West Devon South West 51
293 Derbyshire Dales East Midlands 51
294 East Lindsey East Midlands 52
295 Rother South East 52
296 North Norfolk East of England 53

Census 2021 vintage — median ages move slowly but this snapshot is from March 2021.