Housing · 2026

Dwellings built before 1940: local authority ranking

Dwellings built before 1940: Kensington and Chelsea comes top with 72.9% and Harlow comes last with 2.3%. The median across 318 local authorities is 31.6%.

Podium and top 100

1Kensington and Chelsea72.9%2Haringey64.5%3Hammersmith and Fulham64.1%

#	Local authority	Region	Dwellings built before 1940
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	72.9%
2	Haringey	London	64.5%
3	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	64.1%
4	Pendle	North West	63.9%
5	Waltham Forest	London	63.5%
6	Merton	London	63.2%
7	Blackpool	North West	62.6%
8	Richmond upon Thames	London	61.8%
9	Harrow	London	61.5%
10	Redbridge	London	60.8%
11	Brent	London	59.1%
12	Westminster	London	58.5%
13	Enfield	London	58.3%
14	Ealing	London	57.7%
15	Camden	London	57.0%
16	Portsmouth	South East	56.2%
17	Hyndburn	North West	55.3%
18	Brighton and Hove	South East	55.2%
19	Burnley	North West	55.0%
20	Kingston upon Thames	London	54.7%
21	Gwynedd	Wales	54.5%
22	Sutton	London	53.6%
23	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	53.5%
24	Barking and Dagenham	London	53.4%
25	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	53.2%
26	Lambeth	London	53.1%
27	Barnet	London	53.0%
28	Southend-on-Sea	East	51.8%
29	Lewisham	London	51.7%
30	Liverpool	North West	51.6%
30	Bexley	London	51.6%
32	Croydon	London	51.5%
33	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	50.8%
34	Rossendale	North West	50.5%
35	Hastings	South East	50.3%
36	Wandsworth	London	50.1%
37	Bristol, City of	South West	50.0%
38	Epsom and Ewell	South East	49.2%
39	Trafford	North West	49.1%
40	Wirral	North West	47.7%
41	Sefton	North West	47.4%
42	Ceredigion	Wales	47.3%
42	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	47.3%
44	Islington	London	47.1%
45	Bromley	London	46.7%
46	Thanet	South East	46.5%
47	Birmingham	West Midlands	46.2%
48	Leicester	East Midlands	46.1%
49	Carmarthenshire	Wales	46.0%
50	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	45.9%
51	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	45.8%
52	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	45.4%
53	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	45.2%
54	Isles of Scilly	South West	44.8%
55	Westmorland and Furness	North West	44.5%
56	High Peak	East Midlands	44.4%
56	Watford	East	44.4%
56	Lancaster	North West	44.4%
56	Hounslow	London	44.4%
60	Bury	North West	43.6%
61	Conwy	Wales	43.5%
62	Worthing	South East	43.4%
63	Torbay	South West	42.9%
64	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	42.5%
64	Hackney	London	42.5%
66	Dover	South East	42.3%
67	Manchester	North West	42.2%
68	Ipswich	East	41.7%
68	Stockport	North West	41.7%
68	Caerphilly	Wales	41.7%
71	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	41.5%
71	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	41.5%
71	Newham	London	41.5%
74	West Devon	South West	41.4%
75	Powys	Wales	41.3%
76	Tunbridge Wells	South East	41.2%
77	Oldham	North West	41.1%
78	Hillingdon	London	41.0%
79	Tameside	North West	40.9%
80	Oxford	South East	40.8%
81	Bolton	North West	40.6%
82	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	40.5%
82	Swansea	Wales	40.5%
84	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	40.3%
84	Havering	London	40.3%
86	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	40.0%
87	Darlington	North East	39.9%
87	Isle of Wight	South East	39.9%
89	Amber Valley	East Midlands	39.7%
90	Rother	South East	39.4%
90	Coventry	West Midlands	39.4%
92	Denbighshire	Wales	39.2%
93	Greenwich	London	38.8%
94	Sandwell	West Midlands	38.3%
95	Ribble Valley	North West	38.2%
96	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	38.0%
97	Preston	North West	37.8%
98	Gateshead	North East	37.6%
99	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	37.5%
100	Norwich	East	37.4%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Dwellings built before 1940
304	Huntingdonshire	East	13.5%
305	Redditch	West Midlands	13.4%
306	Havant	South East	13.2%
307	Castle Point	East	13.0%
308	Tamworth	West Midlands	12.9%
309	Hart	South East	12.5%
310	Wokingham	South East	12.3%
311	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	11.8%
312	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	11.5%
313	Milton Keynes	South East	7.8%
314	Bracknell Forest	South East	6.1%
315	Basildon	East	4.7%
316	Crawley	South East	4.2%
317	Stevenage	East	3.0%
318	Harlow	East	2.3%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Other rankings on the same theme

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Dwellings built before 1940”?

Kensington and Chelsea ranks first for “Dwellings built before 1940”, with 72.9%.

What is the median for “Dwellings built before 1940”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 31.6%.