# List of settlements in West Yorkshire by population

This is a list of settlements in West Yorkshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 50 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in West Yorkshire, shown in the table below.

## Administrative boundaries

| Borough (Governing centre) | Other places |
| City of Leeds (Leeds) | Allerton Bywater, Beeston, Boston Spa, Collingham, Garforth, Guiseley, Harewood, Headingley, Holbeck, Horsforth, Kippax, Kirkstall, Ledsham, Ledston, Methley, Middleton, Morley, New Farnley, Otley, Oulton, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Pudsey, Rothwell, Rawdon, Scarcroft, Scholes, Stourton, Swillington, Walton (Leeds), Wetherby, Yeadon |
| City of Wakefield (Wakefield) | Ackworth, Alverthorpe, Castleford, Crigglestone, Crofton, Durkar, Fairburn Ings, Featherstone, Ferrybridge, Fitzwilliam, Hemsworth, Horbury, Knottingley, Newmillerdam, Normanton, Nostell, Ossett, Outwood, Pontefract, Ryhill, Sandal, Sharlston, Stanley, Walton (Wakefield), West Bretton |
| Kirklees (Huddersfield) | Almondbury, Batley, Birkby, Birkenshaw, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dalton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Emley, Golcar, Gomersal, Hartshead, Hartshead Moor, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Honley, Kirkburton, Kirkheaton, Linthwaite, Liversedge, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield, New Mill, Norristhorpe, Roberttown, Scammonden, Shelley, Shepley, Skelmanthorpe, Slaithwaite, Thornhill |
| Calderdale (Halifax) | Bailiff Bridge, Boothtown, Brighouse, Copley, Cragg Vale, Elland, Greetland, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Hipperholme, Holywell Green, Luddendenfoot, Mytholmroyd, Norwood Green, Rastrick, Ripponden, Shelf, Shibden, Sowerby Bridge, Todmorden |
| City of Bradford (Bradford) | Addingham, Baildon, Bingley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Cottingley, Crossflatts, Cullingworth, Denholme, East and West Morton, Eccleshill, Eldwick, Esholt, Gilstead, Harden, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Menston, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Queensbury, Riddlesden, Saltaire, Sandy Lane, Shipley, Silsden, Stanbury, Steeton, Thornbury, Thornton, Tong, Undercliffe, Wilsden |

## Population ranking

| # | Settlement | Population | Population |
| # | Settlement | 2001 | 2011 |
| 1 | Leeds | 445,260 | 474,632 |
| 2 | Bradford | 309,020 | 349,561 |
| 3 | Huddersfield | 147,280 | 162,949 |
| 4 | Wakefield | 96,290 | 99,251 |
| 5 | Halifax | 83,440 | 88,134 |
| 6 | Batley | 76,270 | 80,485 |
| 7 | Dewsbury | 57,780 | 62,945 |
| 8 | Keighley | 48,920 | 53,331 |
| 9 | Castleford | 36,300 | 39,192 |
| 10 | Brighouse | 31,870 | 33,286 |
| 11 | Pudsey | 31,850 | 32,216 |
| 12 | Morley | 27,480 | 29,673 |
| 13 | Pontefract | 28,250 | 29,305 |
| 14 | Shipley | 26,040 | 28,694 |
| 15 | Bingley | 19,890 | 22,493 |
| 16 | Holmfirth | 20,138 | 21,706 |
| 17 | Normanton | 20,280 | 21,317 |
| 18 | Ossett | 21,076 | 21,231 |
| 19 | Yeadon | 20,270 | 19,668 |
| 20 | Rothwell | 19,400 | 19,512 |
| 21 | Mirfield | 18,390 | 19,330 |
| 22 | Horsforth | 18,930 | 18,895 |
| 23 | Liversedge | 16,930 | 17,697 |
| 24 | Baildon | 15,569 | 15,944 |
| 25 | Elland | 14,560 | 15,625 |
| 26 | Garforth | 15,394 | 14,838 |
| 27 | Ilkley | 13,828 | 14,809 |
| 28 | Otley | 14,641 | 14,215 |
| 29 | Knottingley | 13,797 | 13,971 |
| 30 | Heckmondwike | 10,717 | 12,085 |
| 31 | Guiseley | 11,130 | 11,960 |
| 32 | Todmorden | 11,555 | 11,690 |
| 33 | Cleckheaton | 10,480 | 11,648 |
| 34 | Wetherby | 11,710 | 11,242 |
| 35 | Featherstone | 11,660 | 11,060 |
| 36 | South Elmsall | 10,211 | 10,366 |
| 37 | Horbury | 10,002 | 10,361 |
| 38 | Kippax | 10,422 | 10,083 |
| 39 | Hemsworth | 9,145 | 9,246 |
| 40 | South Kirkby | 8,220 | 8,533 |
| 41 | Silsden | 7,681 | 7,912 |
| 42 | Meltham | 7,382 | 7,836 |
| 43 | Burley | 6,400 | 7,041 |
| 44 | Haworth | 6,078 | 6,379 |
| 45 | Upton | 6,070 | 5,874 |
| 46 | Shepley | 5,242 | 5,444 |
| 47 | Thornton | 4,998 | 5,289 |
| 48 | Ackworth | 4,784 | 5,281 |
| 49 | Crofton | 5,414 | 5,258 |
| 50 | Ryhill | 4,731 | 5,150 |
| 51 | Allerton Bywater | 3,950 | 4,717 |
| 52 | Ripponden | 3,780 | 4,665 |
| 53 | Boston Spa | 4,628 | 4,662 |
| 54 | Sowerby Bridge | 4,420 | 4,601 |
| 55 | Skelmanthorpe | 4,141 | 4,549 |