Housing · 2021

Households renting privately: local authority ranking

Households renting privately: City of London comes top with 48.3% and North East Derbyshire comes last with 10.0%. The median across 318 local authorities is 17.6%.

Podium and top 100

1City of London48.3%2Westminster43.3%3Kensington and Chelsea39.6%

#	Local authority	Region	Households renting privately
1	City of London	London	48.3%
2	Westminster	London	43.3%
3	Kensington and Chelsea	London	39.6%
4	Newham	London	38.5%
5	Tower Hamlets	London	38.2%
6	Isles of Scilly	South West	36.6%
7	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	36.4%
8	Wandsworth	London	36.3%
9	Brent	London	36.0%
10	Camden	London	35.6%
10	Haringey	London	35.6%
12	Ealing	London	34.0%
13	Brighton and Hove	South East	32.7%
13	Barnet	London	32.7%
15	Manchester	North West	32.3%
16	Oxford	South East	32.2%
16	Hackney	London	32.2%
18	Reading	South East	31.9%
19	Blackpool	North West	31.8%
20	Cambridge	East	31.4%
20	Lambeth	London	31.4%
22	Islington	London	31.2%
23	Hounslow	London	30.9%
24	Slough	South East	30.7%
25	Redbridge	London	30.4%
26	Harrow	London	29.6%
27	Leicester	East Midlands	29.4%
28	Enfield	London	29.3%
29	Southampton	South East	29.2%
30	Merton	London	29.1%
31	Luton	East	29.0%
32	Southwark	London	28.7%
33	Nottingham	East Midlands	28.6%
33	Portsmouth	South East	28.6%
33	Hastings	South East	28.6%
36	Watford	East	28.2%
37	Waltham Forest	London	27.8%
38	Kingston upon Thames	London	27.3%
39	Lincoln	East Midlands	27.2%
39	Lewisham	London	27.2%
41	Norwich	East	26.9%
42	Salford	North West	26.8%
43	Torbay	South West	26.6%
43	Eastbourne	South East	26.6%
45	Southend-on-Sea	East	26.5%
46	Thanet	South East	26.3%
47	Bristol, City of	South West	26.2%
48	Liverpool	North West	26.1%
49	Hillingdon	London	25.9%
50	Croydon	London	25.8%
51	Greenwich	London	25.5%
52	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	25.4%
53	Exeter	South West	24.9%
54	Coventry	West Midlands	24.7%
54	Richmond upon Thames	London	24.7%
56	Peterborough	East	24.4%
57	Burnley	North West	24.3%
57	Cardiff	Wales	24.3%
59	Barking and Dagenham	London	24.2%
60	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	23.9%
61	Cheltenham	South West	23.4%
62	Hyndburn	North West	23.1%
63	Pendle	North West	23.0%
63	Ipswich	East	23.0%
63	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	23.0%
66	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	22.8%
67	Plymouth	South West	22.6%
67	Birmingham	West Midlands	22.6%
69	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	22.5%
70	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	22.4%
70	Preston	North West	22.4%
70	West Suffolk	East	22.4%
73	Canterbury	South East	22.0%
73	Worthing	South East	22.0%
75	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	21.8%
76	Lancaster	North West	21.7%
77	Colchester	East	21.5%
77	Rushmoor	South East	21.5%
77	Great Yarmouth	East	21.5%
80	Derby	East Midlands	21.3%
80	Gloucester	South West	21.3%
82	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	21.2%
82	Worcester	West Midlands	21.2%
84	Woking	South East	21.1%
85	Middlesbrough	North East	21.0%
86	Milton Keynes	South East	20.9%
87	Isle of Wight	South East	20.7%
88	Darlington	North East	20.6%
88	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	20.6%
88	Ceredigion	Wales	20.6%
91	North Devon	South West	20.4%
91	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	20.4%
93	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	20.3%
93	Boston	East Midlands	20.3%
93	Sutton	London	20.3%
96	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	20.2%
96	Medway	South East	20.2%
96	Torridge	South West	20.2%
96	East Lindsey	East Midlands	20.2%
100	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	20.0%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Households renting privately
304	South Ribble	North West	12.8%
304	Blaby	East Midlands	12.8%
304	Solihull	West Midlands	12.8%
307	Lichfield	West Midlands	12.7%
307	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	12.7%
309	Fareham	South East	12.6%
310	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	12.5%
311	Havant	South East	12.4%
312	Broadland	East	12.3%
313	Maldon	East	11.8%
314	Torfaen	Wales	11.2%
315	Rochford	East	10.7%
316	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	10.6%
316	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	10.6%
318	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	10.0%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Households renting privately”?

City of London ranks first for “Households renting privately”, with 48.3%.

What is the median for “Households renting privately”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 17.6%.