Housing · 2026

Dwellings built since 2000: local authority ranking

Dwellings built since 2000: Tower Hamlets comes top with 45.4% and Blackpool comes last with 6.0%. The median across 318 local authorities is 18.1%.

Podium and top 100

1Tower Hamlets45.4%2South Derbyshire34.7%3Milton Keynes33.5%

#	Local authority	Region	Dwellings built since 2000
1	Tower Hamlets	London	45.4%
2	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	34.7%
3	Milton Keynes	South East	33.5%
4	Harborough	East Midlands	32.2%
5	South Cambridgeshire	East	31.4%
6	Tewkesbury	South West	31.1%
6	Salford	North West	31.1%
8	Uttlesford	East	30.9%
9	East Cambridgeshire	East	30.5%
10	South Norfolk	East	30.4%
11	Vale of White Horse	South East	30.1%
12	Mid Suffolk	East	30.0%
13	Newham	London	29.6%
14	North Kesteven	East Midlands	29.5%
15	Dartford	South East	29.4%
16	Central Bedfordshire	East	29.1%
16	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	29.1%
18	Rugby	West Midlands	28.5%
19	Ashford	South East	28.0%
19	West Oxfordshire	South East	28.0%
19	Manchester	North West	28.0%
22	Cambridge	East	27.8%
23	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	27.7%
23	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	27.7%
25	South Holland	East Midlands	27.6%
26	Greenwich	London	27.5%
27	Southwark	London	27.4%
28	West Lindsey	East Midlands	27.3%
29	Torridge	South West	27.0%
30	Winchester	South East	26.9%
31	City of London	London	26.5%
32	Colchester	East	26.4%
33	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	26.3%
34	Fenland	East	26.2%
34	Maidstone	South East	26.2%
36	Peterborough	East	25.6%
37	Bedford	East	25.4%
37	Wychavon	West Midlands	25.4%
39	Wokingham	South East	25.3%
39	Exeter	South West	25.3%
41	Cherwell	South East	25.2%
42	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	25.1%
43	Breckland	East	24.9%
44	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	24.8%
45	Swindon	South West	24.7%
45	Mid Sussex	South East	24.7%
47	Rutland	East Midlands	24.6%
47	Eastleigh	South East	24.6%
47	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	24.6%
50	Test Valley	South East	24.5%
51	Lichfield	West Midlands	24.4%
52	Brent	London	24.2%
53	Braintree	East	24.0%
53	Hart	South East	24.0%
55	Huntingdonshire	East	23.9%
55	Boston	East Midlands	23.9%
57	Warwick	West Midlands	23.7%
57	West Suffolk	East	23.7%
59	South Gloucestershire	South West	23.6%
59	Cotswold	South West	23.6%
59	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	23.6%
62	South Kesteven	East Midlands	23.5%
62	Hackney	London	23.5%
64	Runnymede	South East	23.3%
64	Chichester	South East	23.3%
64	Horsham	South East	23.3%
67	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	23.0%
67	Mid Devon	South West	23.0%
69	Charnwood	East Midlands	22.9%
69	East Hertfordshire	East	22.9%
71	Bracknell Forest	South East	22.8%
71	Wiltshire	South West	22.8%
73	Cornwall	South West	22.7%
73	Ribble Valley	North West	22.7%
75	Cheshire East	North West	22.6%
75	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	22.6%
77	East Devon	South West	22.5%
77	Chelmsford	East	22.5%
79	South Oxfordshire	South East	22.4%
80	West Devon	South West	22.3%
80	Swale	South East	22.3%
82	Somerset	South West	22.2%
82	Gloucester	South West	22.2%
82	Watford	East	22.2%
82	Chorley	North West	22.2%
86	Reading	South East	22.1%
87	East Hampshire	South East	22.0%
87	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	22.0%
89	Shropshire	West Midlands	21.8%
90	Slough	South East	21.7%
90	Stafford	West Midlands	21.7%
92	Buckinghamshire	South East	21.6%
92	Babergh	East	21.6%
94	Rushmoor	South East	21.4%
94	Melton	East Midlands	21.4%
94	Wandsworth	London	21.4%
97	Canterbury	South East	21.3%
97	Hounslow	London	21.3%
97	Newport	Wales	21.3%
100	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	21.2%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Dwellings built since 2000
304	Brighton and Hove	South East	10.5%
305	Bury	North West	10.4%
306	South Tyneside	North East	10.3%
307	Hastings	South East	9.9%
308	Oldham	North West	9.8%
308	Bexley	London	9.8%
310	Sefton	North West	9.6%
311	Southend-on-Sea	East	9.1%
312	Wirral	North West	8.9%
313	Richmond upon Thames	London	8.6%
314	Hyndburn	North West	8.5%
315	Stockport	North West	8.4%
316	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	7.7%
317	Kensington and Chelsea	London	7.1%
318	Blackpool	North West	6.0%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Other rankings on the same theme

Dwellings (Council Tax stock)Dwellings built before 1940 Households (Census 2021)Households living in a house or bungalow Households living in a flat or maisonette Owner-occupied households (incl. shared ownership)Households renting privately Households in social housing Average house price House price change over 12 months

Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Dwellings built since 2000”?

Tower Hamlets ranks first for “Dwellings built since 2000”, with 45.4%.

What is the median for “Dwellings built since 2000”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 18.1%.