Number of residents in national parks in England and Wales, by park
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.
