List of settlements in Leicestershire by population
Below is a list of settlements in Leicestershire (including the City of Leicester) by population based on the results of the 2011 census, where the population exceeded 2,000 (52 locations), as well as county and regional demographics in detail. Demographics City and county The City of Leicester's and its contiguous urban extension has a population of 509,000 inhabitants. The next largest settlements are two towns – Loughborough and Hinckley – with populations in the range of 40 to 80 thousands. The 2011 list of UK metropolitan areas shows the population of the Leicester Metropolitan Area to have been 0.75 million. Government projections calculated in Q4 2014 show that the combined population of Leicester/Leicestershire (excluding quasi-interdependent, Rutland) will increase by some 7.6% to approximately 1.06 million in the ten years from the 2011 census to the date of the upcoming 2021 census. Wider environs A 'conservative' Leicester City Region which extends beyond the county boundary to include, Corby, Kettering, Rutland and Wellingborough districts would have a population estimated at 1.34 million. A more 'liberal' city region adding Northampton and Daventry would have a total of 1.60 million inhabitants (2015). This region corresponds approximately to Eurostat Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics