Housing · 2021

Households (Census 2021): local authority ranking

Households (Census 2021): Birmingham comes top with 423,455 households and Isles of Scilly comes last with 939 households. The median across 318 local authorities is 61,440 households.

Podium and top 100

1Birmingham423,455 households 2Leeds341,466 households 3North Yorkshire274,381 households

#	Local authority	Region	Households (Census 2021)
1	Birmingham	West Midlands	423,455
2	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	341,466
3	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	274,381
4	Cornwall	South West	250,533
5	Somerset	South West	250,124
6	County Durham	North East	234,764
7	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	231,948
8	Buckinghamshire	South East	220,327
9	Wiltshire	South West	215,081
10	Manchester	North West	214,730
11	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	209,867
12	Liverpool	North West	207,491
13	Bristol, City of	South West	191,638
14	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	177,989
15	Cheshire East	North West	174,854
16	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	173,842
17	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	172,639
18	Dorset	South West	169,261
19	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	155,154
20	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	153,075
21	Croydon	London	152,945
22	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	152,066
23	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	148,918
24	Barnet	London	148,917
25	Cardiff	Wales	147,333
26	Northumberland	North East	146,922
27	Wirral	North West	143,252
28	Wigan	North West	143,105
29	Shropshire	West Midlands	139,579
30	Wandsworth	London	137,392
31	Dudley	West Midlands	137,069
32	Bromley	London	135,828
33	Lambeth	London	134,688
34	Coventry	West Midlands	134,140
35	Ealing	London	133,657
36	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	133,480
37	Southwark	London	130,820
38	Sandwell	West Midlands	130,246
39	Leicester	East Midlands	127,389
40	Stockport	North West	126,648
41	Cumberland	North West	125,424
42	Nottingham	East Midlands	124,743
43	Sefton	North West	123,073
44	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	122,797
45	Lewisham	London	122,393
46	Sunderland	North East	122,177
47	Brighton and Hove	South East	121,402
48	Enfield	London	120,923
49	Central Bedfordshire	East	120,754
50	Tower Hamlets	London	120,539
51	Bolton	North West	118,790
52	Brent	London	118,612
53	South Gloucestershire	South West	118,101
54	Newham	London	115,511
55	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	115,475
56	Salford	North West	115,117
57	Plymouth	South West	114,557
58	Greenwich	London	114,051
59	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	113,926
60	Milton Keynes	South East	113,103
61	Walsall	West Midlands	112,226
62	Medway	South East	111,457
63	East Suffolk	East	110,749
64	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	110,400
65	Hillingdon	London	109,228
66	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	108,053
67	Hackney	London	106,081
68	Derby	East Midlands	105,651
69	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	105,142
70	Haringey	London	105,091
71	Swansea	Wales	104,962
72	Redbridge	London	103,714
73	Westmorland and Furness	North West	103,529
74	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	103,339
75	Hounslow	London	102,961
76	Waltham Forest	London	102,901
77	Southampton	South East	102,290
78	Havering	London	101,276
79	Tameside	North West	99,527
80	Islington	London	96,496
81	Trafford	North West	96,269
82	North Tyneside	North East	96,232
83	Swindon	South West	95,861
84	Bexley	London	95,300
85	Westminster	London	94,816
86	North Somerset	South West	94,648
87	Oldham	North West	93,140
88	Camden	London	92,758
89	Warrington	North West	90,538
90	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	90,476
91	Rochdale	North West	90,222
92	Harrow	London	89,642
93	Solihull	West Midlands	89,482
94	Gateshead	North East	88,999
95	Portsmouth	South East	86,155
96	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	85,458
97	Peterborough	East	84,533
98	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	83,756
99	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	82,827
100	Sutton	London	82,347

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Households (Census 2021)
304	Rossendale	North West	30,561
305	Torridge	South West	30,458
306	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	30,340
307	Boston	East Midlands	29,404
308	Maldon	East	27,900
309	Adur	South East	27,678
310	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	27,581
311	Ribble Valley	North West	26,747
312	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	25,783
313	West Devon	South West	24,818
314	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	22,616
315	Melton	East Midlands	22,599
316	Rutland	East Midlands	16,691
317	City of London	London	4,914
318	Isles of Scilly	South West	939

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Yorkshire and The Humber193,754 households
West Midlands150,800 households
South West143,797 households
North East124,506 households
North West116,581 households
London111,538 households
East Midlands80,736 households
Wales75,148 households
South East72,553 households
East65,170 households

Other rankings on the same theme

Dwellings (Council Tax stock)Dwellings built before 1940 Dwellings built since 2000 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 “Households (Census 2021)”?

Birmingham ranks first for “Households (Census 2021)”, with 423,455 households.

What is the median for “Households (Census 2021)”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 61,440 households.