Housing · 2026

Dwellings (Council Tax stock): local authority ranking

Dwellings (Council Tax stock): Birmingham comes top with 469,240 dwellings and Isles of Scilly comes last with 1,160 dwellings. The median across 318 local authorities is 67,955 dwellings.

Podium and top 100

1Birmingham469,240 dwellings 2Leeds380,690 dwellings 3North Yorkshire308,400 dwellings

#	Local authority	Region	Dwellings (Council Tax stock)
1	Birmingham	West Midlands	469,240
2	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	380,690
3	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	308,400
4	Cornwall	South West	288,840
5	Somerset	South West	273,360
6	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	263,810
7	County Durham	North East	257,340
8	Manchester	North West	257,300
9	Liverpool	North West	243,710
10	Buckinghamshire	South East	239,970
11	Wiltshire	South West	234,120
12	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	225,120
13	Bristol, City of	South West	214,520
14	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	193,670
15	Cheshire East	North West	192,820
16	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	190,550
17	Dorset	South West	188,910
18	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	187,540
19	Croydon	London	169,360
20	Cardiff	Wales	168,180
21	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	168,140
22	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	167,870
23	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	165,710
24	Northumberland	North East	163,800
25	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	163,350
26	Barnet	London	162,740
27	Wandsworth	London	159,360
28	Wigan	North West	154,590
29	Coventry	West Midlands	154,460
30	Shropshire	West Midlands	153,360
31	Wirral	North West	152,670
32	Tower Hamlets	London	151,530
33	Southwark	London	151,430
34	Ealing	London	151,160
35	Lambeth	London	149,490
36	Nottingham	East Midlands	148,330
37	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	145,720
38	Leicester	East Midlands	145,630
39	Bromley	London	143,690
40	Dudley	West Midlands	142,710
41	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	141,760
42	Cumberland	North West	139,050
43	Salford	North West	138,840
44	Sandwell	West Midlands	137,080
45	Brighton and Hove	South East	136,820
46	Brent	London	136,810
47	Central Bedfordshire	East	136,040
48	Sunderland	North East	135,490
49	Lewisham	London	134,760
50	Stockport	North West	134,340
51	Newham	London	134,000
52	Sefton	North West	132,210
53	Westminster	London	131,940
54	South Gloucestershire	South West	130,310
55	Bolton	North West	129,940
56	Enfield	London	128,970
57	Milton Keynes	South East	128,230
58	Greenwich	London	127,000
59	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	125,770
60	Plymouth	South West	123,400
60	East Suffolk	East	123,400
62	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	123,190
63	Medway	South East	122,600
64	Hackney	London	121,100
65	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	120,420
66	Hillingdon	London	119,060
67	Walsall	West Midlands	119,040
68	Westmorland and Furness	North West	118,020
69	Swansea	Wales	116,740
70	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	116,290
71	Derby	East Midlands	115,780
72	Haringey	London	115,610
73	Camden	London	114,360
74	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	114,330
75	Hounslow	London	112,470
76	Islington	London	112,310
77	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	112,180
78	Waltham Forest	London	111,800
79	Southampton	South East	111,710
80	Havering	London	109,070
81	Redbridge	London	108,740
82	Tameside	North West	105,950
83	Trafford	North West	104,670
84	Swindon	South West	102,860
85	North Somerset	South West	102,800
86	North Tyneside	North East	102,430
87	Bexley	London	101,950
88	Oldham	North West	99,560
89	Rochdale	North West	98,510
90	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	97,810
91	Warrington	North West	97,700
92	Harrow	London	97,620
93	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	96,270
94	Solihull	West Midlands	96,210
95	Gateshead	North East	95,940
96	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	94,300
97	Portsmouth	South East	94,210
98	Peterborough	East	92,430
99	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	91,370
100	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	91,290

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Dwellings (Council Tax stock)
304	Epsom and Ewell	South East	33,320
305	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	33,250
306	Rossendale	North West	32,950
307	Boston	East Midlands	32,410
308	Maldon	East	30,870
309	Ribble Valley	North West	30,180
310	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	30,050
311	Adur	South East	29,270
312	West Devon	South West	27,690
313	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	27,670
314	Melton	East Midlands	25,620
315	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	24,730
316	Rutland	East Midlands	18,280
317	City of London	London	8,050
318	Isles of Scilly	South West	1,160

Regions compared

Total for each region.

South East4,201,530 dwellings
London3,863,730 dwellings
North West3,492,580 dwellings
East2,888,720 dwellings
South West2,721,250 dwellings
West Midlands2,655,660 dwellings
Yorkshire and The Humber2,563,580 dwellings
East Midlands2,253,470 dwellings
Wales1,492,630 dwellings
North East1,296,150 dwellings

Other rankings on the same theme

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Dwellings (Council Tax stock)”?

Birmingham ranks first for “Dwellings (Council Tax stock)”, with 469,240 dwellings.

What is the median for “Dwellings (Council Tax stock)”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 67,955 dwellings.