According to a 2021 census, the South Downs had the largest resident population among the 13 national parks located in England and Wales that year with 113,339 residents. Stretching across the English counties of Hampshire, West Sussex, and East Sussex, the South Downs had over seventy thousand more residents than any other English or Welsh national park in 2021, as well as over one thousand more residents within its borders than a decade earlier. Among Welsh national parks, the Brecon Beacons, known in Welsh as Bannau Brycheiniog, had the largest population amounting to 33,485 in 2021.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (June 9, 2023). Resident population of national parks in England and Wales in 2011 and 2021, by park [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405883/national-parks-residents-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Resident population of national parks in England and Wales in 2011 and 2021, by park." Chart. June 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405883/national-parks-residents-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Resident population of national parks in England and Wales in 2011 and 2021, by park. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405883/national-parks-residents-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Resident Population of National Parks in England and Wales in 2011 and 2021, by Park." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405883/national-parks-residents-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Resident population of national parks in England and Wales in 2011 and 2021, by park Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405883/national-parks-residents-england-wales/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Resident population of national parks in England and Wales in 2011 and 2021, by park [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), June 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405883/national-parks-residents-england-wales/
