ONS · 361 councils · year to Year to mid-2024

Where did the change in births by local authority happen?

Every council’s change in births by local authority over one year, and how much of the country’s total movement each one holds. Concentration is a description of where figures moved, not of where anything went right or wrong.

Of the movement in births by local authority across 361 local authorities in the year to Year to mid-2024, 12.4% happened in the ten councils that moved most, and half of it in 74.

121 councils rose, 238 fell and 2 were unchanged. Adding the changes together gives −7,942; adding their sizes, ignoring direction, gives 19,258. There is no national series for this measure on the site, so only the councils' own figures appear here.

How few councils account for how much

The councils that moved most	Share of the total movement	Their changes added together
The single largest	2.7%	+519
The largest 5	7.6%	−427
The largest 10	12.4%	−631
The largest 20	20.7%	−908
The largest 50	39.1%	−3,074
All 361 compared	100%	−7,942

A share is of the gross movement: each council’s change taken as a size and added up, so a rise of 100 and a fall of 100 contribute 200, not nothing. The right-hand column adds the same councils’ changes with their signs, so the two columns differ wherever those councils moved in both directions.

Every council

Council	Year to mid-2023	Year to mid-2024	Change	% or points	Share of the movement
Birmingham	14,598	15,117	+519	+3.6%	2.69%
Waltham Forest	3,993	3,722	−271	−6.8%	1.41%
County Durham	4,541	4,299	−242	−5.3%	1.26%
Greenwich	3,581	3,359	−222	−6.2%	1.15%
Rhondda Cynon Taf	2,162	1,951	−211	−9.8%	1.10%
Havering	3,267	3,078	−189	−5.8%	0.98%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	3,119	2,932	−187	−6.0%	0.97%
Enfield	3,709	3,523	−186	−5.0%	0.97%
Brent	4,325	4,504	+179	+4.1%	0.93%
Manchester	6,634	6,813	+179	+2.7%	0.93%
Preston	1,764	1,943	+179	+10.1%	0.93%
Glasgow City	5,966	6,143	+177	+3.0%	0.92%
Leeds	8,468	8,297	−171	−2.0%	0.89%
Aberdeenshire	2,127	1,966	−161	−7.6%	0.84%
Herefordshire, County of	1,572	1,413	−159	−10.1%	0.83%
Central Bedfordshire	3,532	3,376	−156	−4.4%	0.81%
Derby	2,898	3,054	+156	+5.4%	0.81%
Harrow	3,115	3,270	+155	+5.0%	0.80%
Salford	3,478	3,323	−155	−4.5%	0.80%
Cornwall	4,241	4,099	−142	−3.3%	0.74%
Bromley	3,382	3,241	−141	−4.2%	0.73%
West Northamptonshire	4,435	4,294	−141	−3.2%	0.73%
Barnsley	2,449	2,310	−139	−5.7%	0.72%
Colchester	2,025	1,888	−137	−6.8%	0.71%
Stockton-on-Tees	1,994	1,862	−132	−6.6%	0.69%
Westmorland and Furness	1,608	1,737	+129	+8.0%	0.67%
St. Helens	1,767	1,641	−126	−7.1%	0.65%
Wakefield	3,652	3,527	−125	−3.4%	0.65%
Nottingham	3,303	3,426	+123	+3.7%	0.64%
Basildon	2,165	2,043	−122	−5.6%	0.63%
Newport	1,903	1,781	−122	−6.4%	0.63%
Wokingham	1,726	1,605	−121	−7.0%	0.63%
Barking and Dagenham	3,477	3,597	+120	+3.5%	0.62%
North Northamptonshire	3,596	3,477	−119	−3.3%	0.62%
Knowsley	1,832	1,714	−118	−6.4%	0.61%
Cardiff	3,566	3,682	+116	+3.3%	0.60%
Bridgend	1,268	1,154	−114	−9.0%	0.59%
Haringey	3,101	2,987	−114	−3.7%	0.59%
Medway	3,202	3,088	−114	−3.6%	0.59%
Dudley	3,418	3,307	−111	−3.2%	0.58%
Cheshire West and Chester	3,116	3,006	−110	−3.5%	0.57%
Northumberland	2,451	2,341	−110	−4.5%	0.57%
Wiltshire	4,316	4,206	−110	−2.5%	0.57%
Belfast	3,639	3,532	−107	−2.9%	0.56%
Harlow	1,283	1,176	−107	−8.3%	0.56%
South Cambridgeshire	1,674	1,567	−107	−6.4%	0.56%
Shropshire	2,454	2,350	−104	−4.2%	0.54%
St Albans	1,377	1,274	−103	−7.5%	0.53%
Bradford	6,950	7,050	+100	+1.4%	0.52%
Buckinghamshire	5,592	5,692	+100	+1.8%	0.52%
Doncaster	3,192	3,096	−96	−3.0%	0.50%
Waverley	1,026	1,122	+96	+9.4%	0.50%
Wigan	3,307	3,212	−95	−2.9%	0.49%
Bassetlaw	1,152	1,058	−94	−8.2%	0.49%
Cumberland	2,276	2,182	−94	−4.1%	0.49%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	1,268	1,174	−94	−7.4%	0.49%
Sunderland	2,697	2,603	−94	−3.5%	0.49%
Wealden	1,337	1,244	−93	−7.0%	0.48%
Hertsmere	1,093	1,001	−92	−8.4%	0.48%
Lambeth	3,324	3,233	−91	−2.7%	0.47%
Halton	1,197	1,108	−89	−7.4%	0.46%
Lancaster	1,166	1,078	−88	−7.5%	0.46%
Horsham	1,258	1,171	−87	−6.9%	0.45%
North Lanarkshire	3,105	3,192	+87	+2.8%	0.45%
South Holland	821	734	−87	−10.6%	0.45%
Lewisham	3,633	3,719	+86	+2.4%	0.45%
Liverpool	4,970	4,884	−86	−1.7%	0.45%
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	2,446	2,361	−85	−3.5%	0.44%
Kirklees	4,529	4,614	+85	+1.9%	0.44%
Oldham	3,108	3,193	+85	+2.7%	0.44%
Rother	655	570	−85	−13.0%	0.44%
Norwich	1,308	1,224	−84	−6.4%	0.44%
West Berkshire	1,421	1,337	−84	−5.9%	0.44%
East Devon	1,146	1,064	−82	−7.2%	0.43%
Reading	1,965	2,047	+82	+4.2%	0.43%
Stockport	2,887	2,805	−82	−2.8%	0.43%
Rushmoor	1,229	1,148	−81	−6.6%	0.42%
Broxtowe	955	875	−80	−8.4%	0.42%
Gosport	748	668	−80	−10.7%	0.42%
Swale	1,567	1,647	+80	+5.1%	0.42%
York	1,506	1,426	−80	−5.3%	0.42%
High Peak	737	660	−77	−10.4%	0.40%
Teignbridge	955	878	−77	−8.1%	0.40%
Great Yarmouth	854	778	−76	−8.9%	0.39%
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,055	1,979	−76	−3.7%	0.39%
Ipswich	1,501	1,425	−76	−5.1%	0.39%
Maidstone	1,869	1,945	+76	+4.1%	0.39%
North West Leicestershire	1,018	942	−76	−7.5%	0.39%
New Forest	1,161	1,087	−74	−6.4%	0.38%
Blaby	1,016	943	−73	−7.2%	0.38%
Flintshire	1,380	1,307	−73	−5.3%	0.38%
Gateshead	1,788	1,861	+73	+4.1%	0.38%
East Cambridgeshire	860	788	−72	−8.4%	0.37%
Antrim and Newtownabbey	1,488	1,417	−71	−4.8%	0.37%
Bath and North East Somerset	1,542	1,471	−71	−4.6%	0.37%
Carmarthenshire	1,538	1,467	−71	−4.6%	0.37%
North Somerset	1,871	1,800	−71	−3.8%	0.37%
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,594	2,524	−70	−2.7%	0.36%
Exeter	1,083	1,013	−70	−6.5%	0.36%
Mid Suffolk	844	913	+69	+8.2%	0.36%
Newham	5,520	5,451	−69	−1.3%	0.36%
Sutton	2,068	1,999	−69	−3.3%	0.36%
Somerset	4,654	4,586	−68	−1.5%	0.35%
Wrexham	1,242	1,174	−68	−5.5%	0.35%
Bolton	3,561	3,628	+67	+1.9%	0.35%
Merton	2,503	2,436	−67	−2.7%	0.35%
Neath Port Talbot	1,245	1,178	−67	−5.4%	0.35%
Elmbridge	1,301	1,235	−66	−5.1%	0.34%
Fermanagh and Omagh	1,294	1,228	−66	−5.1%	0.34%
Falkirk	1,381	1,316	−65	−4.7%	0.34%
Southampton	2,557	2,492	−65	−2.5%	0.34%
Babergh	718	782	+64	+8.9%	0.33%
Chichester	912	976	+64	+7.0%	0.33%
Dundee City	1,291	1,355	+64	+5.0%	0.33%
Eastbourne	826	762	−64	−7.7%	0.33%
Vale of White Horse	1,425	1,489	+64	+4.5%	0.33%
Pembrokeshire	961	898	−63	−6.6%	0.33%
Mid and East Antrim	1,386	1,325	−61	−4.4%	0.32%
Moray	700	761	+61	+8.7%	0.32%
South Staffordshire	797	858	+61	+7.7%	0.32%
Newry, Mourne and Down	2,004	2,064	+60	+3.0%	0.31%
Chelmsford	1,781	1,722	−59	−3.3%	0.31%
Denbighshire	839	780	−59	−7.0%	0.31%
Leicester	4,494	4,435	−59	−1.3%	0.31%
Oxford	1,478	1,419	−59	−4.0%	0.31%
Coventry	4,169	4,112	−57	−1.4%	0.30%
Mid Ulster	1,913	1,856	−57	−3.0%	0.30%
Canterbury	1,183	1,239	+56	+4.7%	0.29%
South Ayrshire	758	814	+56	+7.4%	0.29%
Spelthorne	1,169	1,113	−56	−4.8%	0.29%
West Oxfordshire	1,065	1,009	−56	−5.3%	0.29%
Lisburn and Castlereagh	1,587	1,642	+55	+3.5%	0.29%
Mid Devon	686	631	−55	−8.0%	0.29%
Hounslow	3,678	3,624	−54	−1.5%	0.28%
Luton	3,639	3,585	−54	−1.5%	0.28%
Rochdale	2,665	2,719	+54	+2.0%	0.28%
Westminster	1,872	1,926	+54	+2.9%	0.28%
Angus	860	807	−53	−6.2%	0.28%
East Hampshire	989	936	−53	−5.4%	0.28%
Fenland	988	935	−53	−5.4%	0.28%
Lichfield	959	906	−53	−5.5%	0.28%
North Norfolk	578	525	−53	−9.2%	0.28%
Sevenoaks	1,135	1,082	−53	−4.7%	0.28%
South Norfolk	1,177	1,125	−52	−4.4%	0.27%
Guildford	1,320	1,269	−51	−3.9%	0.26%
Kingston upon Thames	1,660	1,609	−51	−3.1%	0.26%
East Hertfordshire	1,546	1,496	−50	−3.2%	0.26%
Runnymede	934	884	−50	−5.4%	0.26%
Torfaen	928	878	−50	−5.4%	0.26%
South Gloucestershire	2,885	2,836	−49	−1.7%	0.25%
North Hertfordshire	1,273	1,321	+48	+3.8%	0.25%
Tendring	1,201	1,249	+48	+4.0%	0.25%
Eastleigh	1,290	1,243	−47	−3.6%	0.24%
Gedling	1,072	1,025	−47	−4.4%	0.24%
North East Derbyshire	927	880	−47	−5.1%	0.24%
Crawley	1,428	1,382	−46	−3.2%	0.24%
Epsom and Ewell	727	681	−46	−6.3%	0.24%
Lincoln	945	991	+46	+4.9%	0.24%
Merthyr Tydfil	590	544	−46	−7.8%	0.24%
Bristol, City of	4,942	4,897	−45	−0.9%	0.23%
East Ayrshire	1,031	1,076	+45	+4.4%	0.23%
Redbridge	4,298	4,253	−45	−1.0%	0.23%
South Oxfordshire	1,452	1,407	−45	−3.1%	0.23%
Dacorum	1,715	1,671	−44	−2.6%	0.23%
Malvern Hills	597	553	−44	−7.4%	0.23%
Redditch	881	837	−44	−5.0%	0.23%
Broxbourne	1,097	1,140	+43	+3.9%	0.22%
Thurrock	2,138	2,095	−43	−2.0%	0.22%
West Lancashire	989	946	−43	−4.3%	0.22%
Cannock Chase	941	983	+42	+4.5%	0.22%
Fylde	612	570	−42	−6.9%	0.22%
Rossendale	678	636	−42	−6.2%	0.22%
Staffordshire Moorlands	699	657	−42	−6.0%	0.22%
Basingstoke and Deane	1,972	1,931	−41	−2.1%	0.21%
Derry City and Strabane	1,601	1,642	+41	+2.6%	0.21%
Dover	1,001	1,042	+41	+4.1%	0.21%
Solihull	1,909	1,950	+41	+2.1%	0.21%
Renfrewshire	1,674	1,714	+40	+2.4%	0.21%
Tameside	2,466	2,506	+40	+1.6%	0.21%
Charnwood	1,579	1,540	−39	−2.5%	0.20%
Reigate and Banstead	1,620	1,581	−39	−2.4%	0.20%
Scottish Borders	815	854	+39	+4.8%	0.20%
Torbay	970	931	−39	−4.0%	0.20%
Conwy	845	807	−38	−4.5%	0.20%
Isle of Anglesey	532	494	−38	−7.1%	0.20%
North Yorkshire	4,753	4,791	+38	+0.8%	0.20%
Hart	866	829	−37	−4.3%	0.19%
Uttlesford	833	796	−37	−4.4%	0.19%
Chesterfield	894	930	+36	+4.0%	0.19%
Perth and Kinross	1,160	1,124	−36	−3.1%	0.19%
Sandwell	4,559	4,523	−36	−0.8%	0.19%
Welwyn Hatfield	1,187	1,151	−36	−3.0%	0.19%
East Renfrewshire	768	803	+35	+4.6%	0.18%
Winchester	1,177	1,142	−35	−3.0%	0.18%
Ceredigion	547	513	−34	−6.2%	0.18%
City of Edinburgh	4,266	4,300	+34	+0.8%	0.18%
Darlington	1,063	1,097	+34	+3.2%	0.18%
Gloucester	1,456	1,422	−34	−2.3%	0.18%
Richmond upon Thames	1,724	1,690	−34	−2.0%	0.18%
Bracknell Forest	1,313	1,346	+33	+2.5%	0.17%
Breckland	1,187	1,154	−33	−2.8%	0.17%
Ealing	4,584	4,551	−33	−0.7%	0.17%
Mansfield	1,035	1,002	−33	−3.2%	0.17%
Stirling	644	677	+33	+5.1%	0.17%
Three Rivers	824	791	−33	−4.0%	0.17%
Warwick	1,348	1,315	−33	−2.4%	0.17%
Watford	1,333	1,366	+33	+2.5%	0.17%
Bedford	2,084	2,052	−32	−1.5%	0.17%
Dumfries and Galloway	1,073	1,105	+32	+3.0%	0.17%
Tunbridge Wells	1,099	1,067	−32	−2.9%	0.17%
Amber Valley	1,087	1,118	+31	+2.9%	0.16%
Huntingdonshire	1,723	1,754	+31	+1.8%	0.16%
Maldon	568	537	−31	−5.5%	0.16%
South Hams	571	602	+31	+5.4%	0.16%
Broadland	1,013	983	−30	−3.0%	0.16%
North Kesteven	893	863	−30	−3.4%	0.16%
Tower Hamlets	4,384	4,354	−30	−0.7%	0.16%
Warrington	1,757	1,787	+30	+1.7%	0.16%
Wyre	801	831	+30	+3.7%	0.16%
Bexley	2,636	2,607	−29	−1.1%	0.15%
Causeway Coast and Glens	1,311	1,340	+29	+2.2%	0.15%
Folkestone and Hythe	930	901	−29	−3.1%	0.15%
Oadby and Wigston	538	566	+28	+5.2%	0.15%
Rochford	814	786	−28	−3.4%	0.15%
Blackburn with Darwen	1,911	1,938	+27	+1.4%	0.14%
Boston	661	634	−27	−4.1%	0.14%
Brentwood	853	826	−27	−3.2%	0.14%
Islington	2,269	2,296	+27	+1.2%	0.14%
Redcar and Cleveland	1,175	1,148	−27	−2.3%	0.14%
Rushcliffe	986	959	−27	−2.7%	0.14%
Stratford-on-Avon	1,195	1,168	−27	−2.3%	0.14%
West Devon	386	359	−27	−7.0%	0.14%
Blaenau Gwent	643	617	−26	−4.0%	0.14%
South Lanarkshire	3,092	3,066	−26	−0.8%	0.14%
Walsall	3,425	3,451	+26	+0.8%	0.14%
Worcester	989	963	−26	−2.6%	0.14%
Cheshire East	3,603	3,578	−25	−0.7%	0.13%
Hillingdon	4,126	4,151	+25	+0.6%	0.13%
North Lincolnshire	1,469	1,494	+25	+1.7%	0.13%
Portsmouth	2,104	2,079	−25	−1.2%	0.13%
Southend-on-Sea	1,784	1,759	−25	−1.4%	0.13%
Telford and Wrekin	1,929	1,954	+25	+1.3%	0.13%
Burnley	1,070	1,094	+24	+2.2%	0.12%
Erewash	922	946	+24	+2.6%	0.12%
Fife	2,923	2,947	+24	+0.8%	0.12%
Havant	1,083	1,107	+24	+2.2%	0.12%
Swindon	2,391	2,367	−24	−1.0%	0.12%
Tewkesbury	984	1,008	+24	+2.4%	0.12%
Trafford	2,153	2,129	−24	−1.1%	0.12%
West Dunbartonshire	827	803	−24	−2.9%	0.12%
Cotswold	647	624	−23	−3.6%	0.12%
Kensington and Chelsea	1,287	1,310	+23	+1.8%	0.12%
Ashford	1,416	1,438	+22	+1.6%	0.11%
Camden	1,988	2,010	+22	+1.1%	0.11%
Dartford	1,526	1,548	+22	+1.4%	0.11%
Epping Forest	1,380	1,402	+22	+1.6%	0.11%
Mid Sussex	1,513	1,491	−22	−1.5%	0.11%
Milton Keynes	3,215	3,237	+22	+0.7%	0.11%
Wirral	2,755	2,733	−22	−0.8%	0.11%
Croydon	5,001	4,980	−21	−0.4%	0.11%
Gravesham	1,290	1,269	−21	−1.6%	0.11%
Wolverhampton	3,450	3,429	−21	−0.6%	0.11%
Sefton	2,398	2,378	−20	−0.8%	0.10%
Sheffield	5,670	5,650	−20	−0.4%	0.10%
East Lindsey	936	917	−19	−2.0%	0.10%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	1,480	1,461	−19	−1.3%	0.10%
Test Valley	1,224	1,205	−19	−1.6%	0.10%
Thanet	1,260	1,241	−19	−1.5%	0.10%
South Kesteven	1,103	1,085	−18	−1.6%	0.09%
Argyll and Bute	570	587	+17	+3.0%	0.09%
Brighton and Hove	2,108	2,125	+17	+0.8%	0.09%
Caerphilly	1,521	1,504	−17	−1.1%	0.09%
Castle Point	791	774	−17	−2.1%	0.09%
Melton	400	417	+17	+4.3%	0.09%
Wychavon	1,073	1,056	−17	−1.6%	0.09%
Aberdeen City	2,017	2,001	−16	−0.8%	0.08%
Gwynedd	979	963	−16	−1.6%	0.08%
Hackney	3,535	3,519	−16	−0.5%	0.08%
Hartlepool	932	948	+16	+1.7%	0.08%
Newark and Sherwood	1,088	1,104	+16	+1.5%	0.08%
Windsor and Maidenhead	1,353	1,337	−16	−1.2%	0.08%
Wyre Forest	829	845	+16	+1.9%	0.08%
Barnet	4,501	4,516	+15	+0.3%	0.08%
Bolsover	800	785	−15	−1.9%	0.08%
Bromsgrove	817	802	−15	−1.8%	0.08%
Derbyshire Dales	393	408	+15	+3.8%	0.08%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	1,021	1,036	+15	+1.5%	0.08%
Torridge	472	457	−15	−3.2%	0.08%
Ards and North Down	1,392	1,378	−14	−1.0%	0.07%
Hinckley and Bosworth	977	963	−14	−1.4%	0.07%
East Staffordshire	1,299	1,286	−13	−1.0%	0.07%
Fareham	812	799	−13	−1.6%	0.07%
Midlothian	986	999	+13	+1.3%	0.07%
Rotherham	2,756	2,769	+13	+0.5%	0.07%
South Tyneside	1,320	1,307	−13	−1.0%	0.07%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	3,153	3,141	−12	−0.4%	0.06%
Bury	2,049	2,061	+12	+0.6%	0.06%
Dorset	2,512	2,500	−12	−0.5%	0.06%
Lewes	747	759	+12	+1.6%	0.06%
North East Lincolnshire	1,447	1,459	+12	+0.8%	0.06%
Shetland Islands	177	189	+12	+6.8%	0.06%
Tamworth	744	732	−12	−1.6%	0.06%
Calderdale	1,958	1,969	+11	+0.6%	0.06%
Newcastle upon Tyne	3,010	3,021	+11	+0.4%	0.06%
West Lindsey	723	712	−11	−1.5%	0.06%
Adur	494	504	+10	+2.0%	0.05%
Hastings	800	790	−10	−1.3%	0.05%
Monmouthshire	698	688	−10	−1.4%	0.05%
Orkney Islands	171	161	−10	−5.8%	0.05%
Pendle	1,146	1,136	−10	−0.9%	0.05%
South Derbyshire	1,193	1,203	+10	+0.8%	0.05%
South Ribble	993	983	−10	−1.0%	0.05%
West Suffolk	1,769	1,779	+10	+0.6%	0.05%
East Suffolk	1,694	1,685	−9	−0.5%	0.05%
Forest of Dean	746	737	−9	−1.2%	0.05%
Middlesbrough	1,859	1,868	+9	+0.5%	0.05%
Na h-Eileanan Siar	164	173	+9	+5.5%	0.05%
North Warwickshire	589	598	+9	+1.5%	0.05%
Plymouth	2,321	2,312	−9	−0.4%	0.05%
Worthing	908	899	−9	−1.0%	0.05%
Isle of Wight	924	932	+8	+0.9%	0.04%
Mole Valley	632	640	+8	+1.3%	0.04%
North Ayrshire	1,010	1,002	−8	−0.8%	0.04%
North Devon	751	759	+8	+1.1%	0.04%
Ribble Valley	481	473	−8	−1.7%	0.04%
West Lothian	1,757	1,749	−8	−0.5%	0.04%
Braintree	1,589	1,596	+7	+0.4%	0.04%
Cherwell	1,766	1,759	−7	−0.4%	0.04%
Hyndburn	951	944	−7	−0.7%	0.04%
Slough	2,379	2,386	+7	+0.3%	0.04%
Stevenage	959	966	+7	+0.7%	0.04%
Swansea	2,030	2,037	+7	+0.3%	0.04%
Cheltenham	1,026	1,032	+6	+0.6%	0.03%
Chorley	976	970	−6	−0.6%	0.03%
Rutland	240	246	+6	+2.5%	0.03%
Southwark	3,224	3,218	−6	−0.2%	0.03%
Tandridge	818	812	−6	−0.7%	0.03%
Woking	1,074	1,080	+6	+0.6%	0.03%
Arun	1,200	1,195	−5	−0.4%	0.03%
Cambridge	1,158	1,153	−5	−0.4%	0.03%
Clackmannanshire	445	440	−5	−1.1%	0.03%
East Lothian	950	955	+5	+0.5%	0.03%
Inverclyde	626	631	+5	+0.8%	0.03%
Ashfield	1,212	1,216	+4	+0.3%	0.02%
Highland	1,818	1,814	−4	−0.2%	0.02%
North Tyneside	1,804	1,800	−4	−0.2%	0.02%
Powys	939	935	−4	−0.4%	0.02%
Stafford	1,186	1,182	−4	−0.3%	0.02%
Wandsworth	3,848	3,844	−4	−0.1%	0.02%
City of London	57	54	−3	−5.3%	0.02%
Peterborough	2,538	2,535	−3	−0.1%	0.02%
Rugby	1,145	1,142	−3	−0.3%	0.02%
Blackpool	1,364	1,362	−2	−0.1%	0.01%
East Dunbartonshire	829	827	−2	−0.2%	0.01%
Surrey Heath	816	818	+2	+0.2%	0.01%
Vale of Glamorgan	1,119	1,121	+2	+0.2%	0.01%
Harborough	909	910	+1	+0.1%	0.01%
Stroud	972	971	−1	−0.1%	0.01%
Tonbridge and Malling	1,289	1,290	+1	+0.1%	0.01%
Isles of Scilly	14	14	0	0.0%	0.00%
Stoke-on-Trent	3,082	3,082	0	0.0%	0.00%

What this establishes

It establishes how much of one year’s movement in these published figures sits in how few councils, and which councils those are. It does not establish why any council moved, and a large share is not a finding about a council: the councils with the largest populations and budgets hold the largest shares of most totals, in both directions.

Each council’s change is its own newest figure against its own figure a year earlier by period end; a council without both is listed with the reason and is left out of the shares. Councils that publish on different schedules therefore appear against slightly different periods, which the row states.

Of the movement in births by local authority across 361 local authorities in the year to Year to mid-2024, 12.4% happened in the ten councils that moved most, and half of it in 74.

Civometry, from ONS

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