Housing · 2021

Households living in a flat or maisonette: local authority ranking

Households living in a flat or maisonette: City of London comes top with 98.0% and North Kesteven comes last with 4.2%. The median across 318 local authorities is 14.8%.

Podium and top 100

1City of London98.0%2Westminster89.7%3Tower Hamlets87.8%

#	Local authority	Region	Households living in a flat or maisonette
1	City of London	London	98.0%
2	Westminster	London	89.7%
3	Tower Hamlets	London	87.8%
4	Camden	London	86.6%
5	Islington	London	83.6%
6	Kensington and Chelsea	London	82.9%
7	Hackney	London	80.9%
8	Southwark	London	78.0%
9	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	75.3%
10	Lambeth	London	75.1%
11	Wandsworth	London	68.5%
12	Haringey	London	61.0%
13	Lewisham	London	57.7%
14	Brent	London	56.7%
15	Newham	London	52.7%
16	Greenwich	London	51.5%
17	Brighton and Hove	South East	50.0%
18	Ealing	London	49.5%
19	Barnet	London	47.4%
20	Hounslow	London	45.8%
21	Waltham Forest	London	44.8%
22	Southampton	South East	41.5%
23	Richmond upon Thames	London	39.9%
24	Croydon	London	39.7%
25	Merton	London	39.6%
26	Enfield	London	38.7%
27	Kingston upon Thames	London	38.3%
28	Eastbourne	South East	37.6%
29	Sutton	London	37.1%
30	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	36.9%
31	Watford	East	36.5%
32	Hastings	South East	36.2%
33	Southend-on-Sea	East	36.1%
34	Norwich	East	35.9%
35	Portsmouth	South East	35.5%
36	Worthing	South East	35.3%
37	Bristol, City of	South West	35.2%
38	Cambridge	East	35.0%
39	Manchester	North West	34.6%
39	Harrow	London	34.6%
41	Slough	South East	33.6%
41	Redbridge	London	33.6%
43	Reading	South East	33.4%
44	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	32.3%
45	Bromley	London	31.3%
46	Barking and Dagenham	London	31.1%
47	Hillingdon	London	30.8%
48	Oxford	South East	30.7%
49	Salford	North West	30.4%
50	Torbay	South West	29.8%
51	Hertsmere	East	28.1%
52	Rushmoor	South East	27.5%
53	Thanet	South East	27.1%
54	Harlow	East	27.0%
55	Cheltenham	South West	26.8%
56	Cardiff	Wales	26.5%
57	Spelthorne	South East	26.4%
58	Exeter	South West	26.0%
58	Woking	South East	26.0%
60	Broxbourne	East	25.9%
60	Reigate and Banstead	South East	25.9%
62	Crawley	South East	25.7%
63	Plymouth	South West	25.4%
63	Epsom and Ewell	South East	25.4%
63	Birmingham	West Midlands	25.4%
66	Ipswich	East	24.9%
67	Tunbridge Wells	South East	24.8%
67	Elmbridge	South East	24.8%
69	Luton	East	24.7%
69	Bexley	London	24.7%
71	Isles of Scilly	South West	24.6%
72	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	24.5%
73	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	24.2%
74	Dartford	South East	24.1%
75	Nottingham	East Midlands	23.6%
75	Gosport	South East	23.6%
77	Thurrock	East	23.5%
77	Runnymede	South East	23.5%
79	Welwyn Hatfield	East	23.4%
80	Dacorum	East	23.3%
81	Liverpool	North West	23.2%
82	Havering	London	23.1%
83	Leicester	East Midlands	23.0%
83	St Albans	East	23.0%
85	North Tyneside	North East	22.8%
86	Brentwood	East	22.5%
87	Stevenage	East	22.4%
88	Tandridge	South East	22.1%
89	Adur	South East	22.0%
89	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	22.0%
91	Rother	South East	21.6%
91	Epping Forest	East	21.6%
93	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	21.4%
93	Warwick	West Midlands	21.4%
95	Blackpool	North West	21.3%
96	Worcester	West Midlands	21.1%
97	Arun	South East	21.0%
97	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	21.0%
99	Bracknell Forest	South East	20.9%
100	Isle of Wight	South East	20.6%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Households living in a flat or maisonette
304	Flintshire	Wales	6.8%
305	Amber Valley	East Midlands	6.7%
305	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	6.7%
307	South Norfolk	East	6.6%
308	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	6.4%
309	Mid Suffolk	East	6.1%
310	Blaby	East Midlands	6.0%
311	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	5.9%
312	Bolsover	East Midlands	5.7%
313	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	5.5%
314	County Durham	North East	5.4%
315	West Lindsey	East Midlands	5.2%
315	Broadland	East	5.2%
317	South Holland	East Midlands	4.9%
318	North Kesteven	East Midlands	4.2%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Households living in a flat or maisonette”?

City of London ranks first for “Households living in a flat or maisonette”, with 98.0%.

What is the median for “Households living in a flat or maisonette”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 14.8%.