Number of adults in the household by council, Census 2021

Households of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by number of adults in the household, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Number of adults in household (3 categories)”).

1 adult in household, highest: Birmingham

167,294

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:47 UTC

Number of adults in the household by council, Census 2021

Source: Office for National Statistics (Census 2021). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

318 rows

Area	1 adult in household	No adults, or more than 1 adult in household
Birmingham E08000025	167,294	256,162
Leeds E08000035	134,411	207,055
North Yorkshire E06000065	97,578	176,803
County Durham E06000047	96,768	137,993
Liverpool E08000012	92,840	114,651
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	90,281	141,669
Cornwall E06000052	89,569	160,966
Manchester E08000003	88,526	126,206
Somerset E06000066	88,342	161,778
Bradford E08000032	80,902	128,965
Wiltshire E06000054	70,742	144,339
Bristol, City of E06000023	68,942	122,696
Buckinghamshire E06000060	68,508	151,820
Kirklees E08000034	66,976	111,013
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	65,423	108,419
Cheshire East E06000049	61,855	113,001
Wirral E08000015	60,341	82,911
Dorset E06000059	59,003	110,258
Cardiff W06000015	58,150	89,183
Northumberland E06000057	56,735	90,188
West Northamptonshire E06000062	56,442	116,198
Wakefield E08000036	56,361	96,714
Croydon E09000008	55,828	97,118
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	55,512	99,644
Wigan E08000010	53,255	89,850
Southwark E09000028	53,228	77,590
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	52,829	99,237
Lambeth E09000022	52,349	82,339
Nottingham E06000018	51,838	72,907
Doncaster E08000017	51,100	82,380
Dudley E08000027	50,704	86,365
Barnet E09000003	50,573	98,344
Coventry E08000026	50,359	83,781
Cumberland E06000063	50,171	75,256
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	50,150	72,647
North Northamptonshire E06000061	49,993	98,925
Sunderland E08000024	49,690	72,487
Sefton E08000014	49,026	74,047
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	48,779	66,693
Brighton and Hove E06000043	48,502	72,900
Sandwell E08000028	48,473	81,773
Wandsworth E09000032	48,197	89,196
Salford E08000006	47,747	67,369
Shropshire E06000051	47,549	92,029
Lewisham E09000023	47,356	75,038
Stockport E08000007	47,183	79,465
Bromley E09000006	46,812	89,014
Tower Hamlets E09000030	45,080	75,459
Bolton E08000001	44,785	74,005
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	44,604	65,796
Plymouth E06000026	44,599	69,959
Westminster E09000033	44,500	50,315
Swansea W06000011	43,639	61,323
Ealing E09000009	43,496	90,163
Leicester E06000016	43,268	84,120
Greenwich E09000011	43,223	70,829
Enfield E09000010	43,080	77,843
Hackney E09000012	42,993	63,088
Rotherham E08000018	41,874	72,051
Islington E09000019	41,438	55,058
East Suffolk E07000244	41,051	69,696
Walsall E08000030	40,900	71,326
Wolverhampton E08000031	40,899	64,242
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	40,896	67,157
Camden E09000007	40,761	51,998
Tameside E08000008	40,413	59,114
North Tyneside E08000022	40,250	55,982
Southampton E06000045	40,204	62,087
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	40,163	63,176
Derby E06000015	39,812	65,841
Haringey E09000014	39,778	65,314
Brent E09000005	39,773	78,839
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	38,874	64,658
Medway E06000035	38,030	73,428
Milton Keynes E06000042	38,008	75,094
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	37,580	83,175
Calderdale E08000033	37,049	53,427
South Gloucestershire E06000025	36,902	81,199
Gateshead E08000037	36,809	52,190
Rochdale E08000005	35,300	54,923
Oldham E08000004	34,850	58,289
Newham E09000025	34,620	80,887
North Somerset E06000024	33,957	60,691
Trafford E08000009	33,820	62,449
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	33,745	47,499
Waltham Forest E09000031	33,659	69,242
Portsmouth E06000044	33,424	52,730
Hillingdon E09000017	33,136	76,092
Swindon E06000030	32,797	63,065
Warrington E06000007	32,790	57,748
Havering E09000016	32,723	68,557
Hounslow E09000018	32,582	70,379
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	32,142	34,742
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	32,003	51,754
Solihull E08000029	31,502	57,980
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	31,334	47,010
St. Helens E08000013	31,327	49,684
Bexley E09000004	31,225	64,075
York E06000014	30,689	54,770
South Tyneside E08000023	30,334	37,953
Bury E08000002	30,160	50,535
Carmarthenshire W06000010	30,120	51,639
Peterborough E06000031	29,932	54,601
Blackpool E06000009	29,782	35,007
Redbridge E09000026	29,719	73,995
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	29,288	53,539
West Suffolk E07000245	29,174	49,572
Norwich E07000148	29,127	35,332
Caerphilly W06000018	28,778	47,479
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	28,179	41,647
Colchester E07000071	28,045	51,665
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	27,664	53,041
Sutton E09000029	27,300	55,048
Knowsley E08000011	27,068	39,005
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	26,711	52,539
Basildon E07000066	26,710	49,652
Luton E06000032	26,600	52,340
Tendring E07000076	26,472	40,979
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	26,470	50,040
Arun E07000224	26,118	46,543
Bedford E06000055	26,058	48,892
Isle of Wight E06000046	26,010	38,765
New Forest E07000091	25,955	51,611
North Lincolnshire E06000013	25,571	47,602
Middlesbrough E06000002	25,500	34,762
Torbay E06000027	25,425	37,569
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	25,358	48,544
Huntingdonshire E07000011	25,296	51,584
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	25,239	36,399
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	25,168	37,207
Thanet E07000114	24,974	37,226
Chelmsford E07000070	24,934	50,469
Newport W06000022	24,782	41,269
Merton E09000024	24,693	57,036
Charnwood E07000130	24,552	49,233
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	24,219	52,426
Harrow E09000015	23,838	65,802
Preston E07000123	23,669	35,938
Flintshire W06000005	23,601	43,311
Reading E06000038	23,305	44,378
Ipswich E07000202	23,292	36,215
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	23,018	44,446
Lancaster E07000121	22,911	37,068
East Lindsey E07000137	22,888	41,866
Bridgend W06000013	22,849	39,511
East Devon E07000040	22,734	44,054
Maidstone E07000110	22,712	48,496
Powys W06000023	22,386	37,796
Canterbury E07000106	22,363	41,429
Halton E06000006	22,169	33,782
Wrexham W06000006	22,031	35,883
Pembrokeshire W06000009	21,993	33,495
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	21,957	36,810
Warwick E07000222	21,813	40,806
Dacorum E07000096	21,755	41,657
South Kesteven E07000141	21,727	41,123
Wealden E07000065	21,658	46,608
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	21,566	35,884
Teignbridge E07000045	21,241	38,597
Thurrock E06000034	21,227	45,150
Braintree E07000067	21,177	43,809
West Berkshire E06000037	21,075	45,583
Conwy W06000003	21,002	31,233
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	20,974	44,652
Cheltenham E07000078	20,860	32,039
Stafford E07000197	20,782	39,265
Cherwell E07000177	20,567	45,327
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	20,514	46,482
Gwynedd W06000002	20,461	30,644
Gloucester E07000081	20,305	35,102
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	20,280	36,310
Darlington E06000005	20,261	28,657
Amber Valley E07000032	20,205	36,072
Mid Sussex E07000228	20,176	43,173
East Hertfordshire E07000242	20,088	41,933
Horsham E07000227	20,064	42,306
Chesterfield E07000034	19,985	28,073
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	19,943	39,521
South Norfolk E07000149	19,839	41,542
North Hertfordshire E07000099	19,735	36,997
Swale E07000113	19,701	40,794
Ashfield E07000170	19,632	34,876
Exeter E07000041	19,537	33,017
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	19,512	33,911
Breckland E07000143	19,420	40,937
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	19,416	41,513
Worthing E07000229	19,362	30,176
Wokingham E06000041	19,230	49,934
Chichester E07000225	19,211	34,907
Wyre E07000128	19,098	31,669
Cambridge E07000008	19,016	33,456
Eastbourne E07000061	18,942	26,668
Havant E07000090	18,912	34,677
Oxford E07000178	18,903	36,336
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	18,864	40,986
South Oxfordshire E07000179	18,731	42,766
Broadland E07000144	18,723	39,037
Dover E07000108	18,632	31,916
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	18,572	34,759
Bassetlaw E07000171	18,558	32,900
Wychavon E07000238	18,546	38,810
Gedling E07000173	18,514	33,037
St Albans E07000240	18,413	40,577
Erewash E07000036	18,348	31,985
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	18,287	30,051
Eastleigh E07000086	18,166	38,758
North Norfolk E07000147	18,102	30,272
Vale of White Horse E07000180	17,996	39,500
Epping Forest E07000072	17,734	36,823
Elmbridge E07000207	17,641	37,949
East Staffordshire E07000193	17,626	33,667
Great Yarmouth E07000145	17,618	26,926
Chorley E07000118	17,594	32,538
Stroud E07000082	17,518	34,860
Mansfield E07000174	17,504	30,526
South Ribble E07000126	17,279	31,307
Hastings E07000062	17,195	23,258
Ashford E07000105	17,122	36,461
Hartlepool E06000001	17,106	23,824
Guildford E07000209	17,104	38,656
Lincoln E07000138	17,032	25,475
Broxtowe E07000172	17,020	31,341
Test Valley E07000093	16,999	37,709
Denbighshire W06000004	16,952	25,435
Wyre Forest E07000239	16,820	28,500
Waverley E07000216	16,770	35,678
West Lancashire E07000127	16,765	31,768
Worcester E07000237	16,712	28,010
North East Derbyshire E07000038	16,657	29,330
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	16,653	31,570
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	16,646	36,928
Winchester E07000094	16,483	35,232
North Kesteven E07000139	16,455	34,534
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	16,454	32,992
Burnley E07000117	16,328	23,544
Bracknell Forest E06000036	16,129	34,119
East Hampshire E07000085	16,092	36,626
Rushcliffe E07000176	16,031	33,852
Lewes E07000063	15,862	27,826
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	15,663	30,546
Rother E07000064	15,644	26,458
Slough E06000039	15,595	36,828
West Oxfordshire E07000181	15,452	32,529
Rugby E07000220	15,423	31,590
North Devon E07000043	15,387	27,810
Torfaen W06000020	15,381	24,860
Sevenoaks E07000111	15,376	33,637
Fenland E07000010	15,344	28,739
High Peak E07000037	15,152	25,620
Cannock Chase E07000192	15,089	28,368
Fareham E07000087	14,991	33,648
West Lindsey E07000142	14,939	27,406
Dartford E07000107	14,895	30,801
North West Leicestershire E07000134	14,815	30,157
South Derbyshire E07000039	14,796	30,443
Lichfield E07000194	14,791	30,839
Fylde E07000119	14,673	22,933
South Staffordshire E07000196	14,580	31,541
Crawley E07000226	14,573	30,929
Monmouthshire W06000021	14,332	26,592
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	14,312	28,043
Pendle E07000122	14,180	23,886
Hertsmere E07000098	14,136	28,546
Hyndburn E07000120	14,135	20,655
Harlow E07000073	14,114	23,743
Gravesham E07000109	13,959	27,765
Spelthorne E07000213	13,919	27,886
Cotswold E07000079	13,856	26,741
Broxbourne E07000095	13,823	26,027
Mid Suffolk E07000203	13,751	30,592
Gosport E07000088	13,700	22,222
Tewkesbury E07000083	13,599	27,332
Bromsgrove E07000234	13,473	27,791
Watford E07000103	13,384	26,244
Blaby E07000129	13,279	29,293
South Hams E07000044	13,251	26,084
Babergh E07000200	13,088	27,112
South Holland E07000140	13,081	27,622
Woking E07000217	12,988	28,449
Stevenage E07000243	12,921	23,590
Rushmoor E07000092	12,668	26,635
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	12,646	17,694
Bolsover E07000033	12,505	22,757
Redditch E07000236	12,505	23,873
Mole Valley E07000210	12,438	24,701
Harborough E07000131	12,363	28,050
Forest of Dean E07000080	12,274	24,943
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	12,049	25,154
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	12,039	18,783
Castle Point E07000069	12,003	25,386
Mid Devon E07000042	11,959	23,674
Malvern Hills E07000235	11,777	23,115
Rossendale E07000125	11,735	18,826
Runnymede E07000212	11,603	23,235
Tandridge E07000215	11,591	24,032
Hart E07000089	11,576	28,387
Ceredigion W06000008	11,570	19,323
Three Rivers E07000102	11,509	25,347
Brentwood E07000068	11,075	21,267
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	11,061	21,222
Tamworth E07000199	11,023	21,872
Rochford E07000075	10,974	24,583
Uttlesford E07000077	10,957	26,001
Torridge E07000046	10,695	19,762
Surrey Heath E07000214	10,683	25,325
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	10,528	15,254
Boston E07000136	10,031	19,373
Adur E07000223	9,798	17,880
North Warwickshire E07000218	9,144	18,436
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	9,107	22,214
Ribble Valley E07000124	8,920	17,827
Maldon E07000074	8,604	19,296
West Devon E07000047	8,294	16,522
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	7,513	15,104
Melton E07000133	7,484	15,115
Rutland E06000017	5,421	11,273
City of London E09000001	2,588	2,326
Isles of Scilly E06000053	335	607
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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1 adult in household · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

335 to 15k
15k to 19k
19k to 25k
25k to 41k
41k to 167k

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Verification

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:47 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:47 UTC; 636 of 636 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics (Census 2021); Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:41:53Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	636 of 636 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	636 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	636 of 636 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	The ONS's answer for England and for Wales agrees	in 4 of 4 cells (a category in a nation) the councils sum to the nation's count at https://api.beta.ons.gov.uk/v1/population-types/HH/census-observations?area-type=ctry&dimensions=hh_adults_num_3a within twice the square root of the councils summed (1 exactly; the largest gap 0.46 of its limit), the Census's cell-by-cell perturbation
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create – HTTP 200

Notes

Census Day was the 21st of March 2021. The ONS perturbs every count slightly to protect privacy, each cell on its own, so a council's categories can add up to a total a few people different from one topic to another, and its councils add up to England's and Wales's counts only within a few dozen.
By council as the ONS's Census API gives them, its lower-tier local authorities of 2023, with Barnsley's and Sheffield's figures under the codes they had until the 1st of April 2025, as the API gives them. Scotland's and Northern Ireland's censuses are separate, so their councils are not here.
Every council's categories together count all its households.
The ONS's description of the topic, “Number of adults in household (3 categories)”: An adult in a household is any person who is not a dependent child.