Disabled people in the household by council, Census 2021

Households of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by disabled people in the household, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Number of disabled people in household (4 categories)”).

No people disabled under the Equality Act in household, highest: Birmingham

277,497

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:48 UTC

Disabled people 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	No people disabled under the Equality Act in household	1 person disabled under the Equality Act in household	2 or more people disabled under the Equality Act in household
Birmingham E08000025	277,497	112,069	33,890
Leeds E08000035	235,565	85,835	20,066
North Yorkshire E06000065	189,549	68,677	16,155
Somerset E06000066	167,562	65,928	16,630
Buckinghamshire E06000060	162,025	47,271	11,032
Cornwall E06000052	158,445	71,789	20,301
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	148,972	65,182	17,796
Wiltshire E06000054	148,062	53,468	13,551
County Durham E06000047	143,487	71,333	19,941
Manchester E08000003	142,392	56,704	15,636
Bradford E08000032	138,142	56,308	15,417
Bristol, City of E06000023	129,906	48,960	12,771
Liverpool E08000012	127,974	62,127	17,390
West Northamptonshire E06000062	122,699	39,936	10,005
Cheshire East E06000049	122,084	42,570	10,202
Kirklees E08000034	119,160	47,020	11,809
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	117,229	45,433	11,180
Dorset E06000059	111,458	45,815	11,988
Croydon E09000008	110,761	33,725	8,459
Barnet E09000003	109,680	32,030	7,207
Wandsworth E09000032	107,866	24,564	4,963
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	104,375	40,016	10,765
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	103,392	38,887	9,787
Lambeth E09000022	101,202	27,933	5,553
North Northamptonshire E06000061	101,104	37,387	10,427
Bromley E09000006	99,395	29,617	6,816
Ealing E09000009	98,799	28,101	6,759
Wakefield E08000036	98,578	42,260	12,236
Southwark E09000028	97,043	27,927	5,848
Cardiff W06000015	96,264	40,516	10,553
Northumberland E06000057	94,983	41,216	10,723
Shropshire E06000051	93,595	36,594	9,390
Wigan E08000010	92,118	39,748	11,239
Coventry E08000026	90,541	34,421	9,178
Tower Hamlets E09000030	89,480	24,750	6,311
Dudley E08000027	88,510	37,913	10,646
Lewisham E09000023	88,311	27,697	6,383
Wirral E08000015	87,561	43,349	12,340
Brent E09000005	86,526	25,821	6,265
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	86,186	27,479	7,090
Enfield E09000010	86,127	27,788	7,008
Doncaster E08000017	86,105	36,880	10,495
Leicester E06000016	85,516	32,364	9,508
Stockport E08000007	84,821	33,571	8,256
Sandwell E08000028	83,758	35,689	10,799
Newham E09000025	83,696	24,354	7,456
Cumberland E06000063	82,762	34,298	8,365
Greenwich E09000011	82,104	25,517	6,431
South Gloucestershire E06000025	81,794	28,810	7,497
Brighton and Hove E06000043	81,781	31,861	7,760
Milton Keynes E06000042	80,128	26,204	6,770
Nottingham E06000018	79,960	35,464	9,319
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	79,871	34,305	8,621
Hillingdon E09000017	79,045	23,792	6,391
Salford E08000006	77,019	30,228	7,869
Bolton E08000001	76,920	33,153	8,717
Sefton E08000014	76,903	36,188	9,981
Hackney E09000012	76,291	24,587	5,203
Haringey E09000014	76,016	23,905	5,171
Redbridge E09000026	75,465	22,157	6,091
Hounslow E09000018	75,443	21,860	5,658
Medway E06000035	74,749	28,248	8,461
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	74,379	32,763	8,330
Waltham Forest E09000031	74,238	22,819	5,843
Sunderland E08000024	72,900	38,128	11,149
Westminster E09000033	72,306	18,826	3,683
East Suffolk E07000244	71,793	30,751	8,203
Havering E09000016	71,536	23,561	6,181
Plymouth E06000026	71,436	33,487	9,636
Walsall E08000030	71,052	31,290	9,884
Rotherham E08000018	70,988	33,024	9,913
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	70,022	27,153	6,354
Southampton E06000045	68,838	26,565	6,888
Derby E06000015	68,691	28,687	8,272
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	68,681	32,444	9,275
Islington E09000019	68,653	23,054	4,789
Wolverhampton E08000031	68,425	28,738	7,976
Bexley E09000004	67,388	21,962	5,950
Camden E09000007	67,119	21,501	4,140
Swindon E06000030	66,887	23,016	5,959
Trafford E08000009	66,778	23,671	5,819
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	66,736	31,709	9,608
Harrow E09000015	65,791	18,748	5,104
Swansea W06000011	64,240	31,858	8,863
Tameside E08000008	63,460	28,400	7,664
North Somerset E06000024	63,326	25,108	6,214
North Tyneside E08000022	63,131	26,605	6,496
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	62,445	15,949	2,850
Warrington E06000007	62,081	22,706	5,751
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	61,802	15,814	3,089
Merton E09000024	61,612	16,102	4,013
Solihull E08000029	60,725	22,602	6,156
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	60,451	32,784	10,103
Calderdale E08000033	60,278	24,619	5,579
Sutton E09000029	59,542	18,070	4,736
York E06000014	59,441	21,101	4,917
Oldham E08000004	59,397	26,111	7,632
Portsmouth E06000044	57,920	22,533	5,702
Peterborough E06000031	57,836	20,888	5,809
Rochdale E08000005	57,652	25,443	7,128
West Suffolk E07000245	56,010	18,282	4,454
Gateshead E08000037	55,866	26,291	6,842
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	55,695	21,806	5,326
Luton E06000032	55,383	18,393	5,163
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	55,007	17,282	4,356
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	54,991	19,632	4,627
Colchester E07000071	54,891	19,592	5,227
Chelmsford E07000070	54,773	16,702	3,928
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	54,323	22,977	6,457
Huntingdonshire E07000011	53,965	18,294	4,621
Bury E08000002	53,128	21,740	5,827
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	53,041	20,096	5,207
Bedford E06000055	52,872	17,743	4,335
New Forest E07000091	52,695	19,803	5,068
Basildon E07000066	52,152	18,778	5,432
Wokingham E06000041	52,028	13,859	3,276
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	51,999	12,727	2,158
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	51,858	17,050	4,994
Charnwood E07000130	51,042	17,958	4,785
Maidstone E07000110	49,892	16,837	4,479
St. Helens E08000013	49,647	24,160	7,204
Reading E06000038	49,352	14,645	3,686
Carmarthenshire W06000010	49,239	24,845	7,672
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	48,859	21,113	6,540
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	48,692	13,727	3,207
West Berkshire E06000037	48,204	14,918	3,536
Arun E07000224	48,137	19,507	5,017
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	48,056	15,367	3,573
North Lincolnshire E06000013	47,873	19,698	5,602
Cherwell E07000177	47,573	14,859	3,462
Wealden E07000065	46,948	17,038	4,280
Thurrock E06000034	46,785	15,148	4,444
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	46,176	12,162	2,594
Mid Sussex E07000228	45,972	14,250	3,127
East Hertfordshire E07000242	45,896	13,210	2,915
Warwick E07000222	45,248	14,061	3,310
Dacorum E07000096	45,191	14,585	3,636
Horsham E07000227	45,136	14,182	3,052
South Oxfordshire E07000179	45,074	13,368	3,058
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	45,046	19,631	5,149
Braintree E07000067	44,749	16,000	4,237
Caerphilly W06000018	44,494	23,968	7,795
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	44,254	12,620	2,976
East Devon E07000040	44,159	18,035	4,594
St Albans E07000240	43,951	12,309	2,730
Flintshire W06000005	43,932	18,063	4,916
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	43,776	18,134	5,554
South Kesteven E07000141	42,986	15,718	4,146
Elmbridge E07000207	42,641	10,718	2,231
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	42,422	13,785	3,257
Newport W06000022	42,062	18,627	5,363
South Tyneside E08000023	42,023	20,898	5,366
South Norfolk E07000149	41,885	15,480	4,016
Norwich E07000148	41,642	18,370	4,447
Vale of White Horse E07000180	41,508	12,944	3,046
Canterbury E07000106	41,445	17,371	4,976
Guildford E07000209	41,114	11,797	2,848
Stafford E07000197	40,871	15,237	3,940
Tendring E07000076	40,650	20,617	6,184
Isle of Wight E06000046	40,110	19,417	5,248
North Hertfordshire E07000099	40,063	13,501	3,168
Ipswich E07000202	39,983	15,567	3,957
Eastleigh E07000086	39,976	13,480	3,468
Breckland E07000143	39,630	16,062	4,667
Epping Forest E07000072	39,581	12,155	2,821
Preston E07000123	39,563	16,053	3,991
Wychavon E07000238	39,509	14,219	3,628
Knowsley E08000011	39,345	20,471	6,257
Oxford E07000178	39,213	12,746	3,281
Swale E07000113	39,121	16,029	5,345
Powys W06000023	39,063	16,782	4,337
Broadland E07000144	38,903	15,010	3,850
Test Valley E07000093	38,884	12,767	3,059
Teignbridge E07000045	38,869	16,577	4,392
Slough E06000039	38,615	10,810	2,998
East Lindsey E07000137	38,510	19,553	6,691
Waverley E07000216	38,444	11,465	2,539
Lancaster E07000121	38,412	17,110	4,458
Torbay E06000027	38,229	19,193	5,572
Thanet E07000114	38,136	18,516	5,548
Cheltenham E07000078	38,101	12,291	2,507
Blackpool E06000009	38,044	20,908	5,837
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	38,039	18,560	5,039
Chichester E07000225	37,912	13,215	2,991
Middlesbrough E06000002	37,850	17,717	4,695
Bridgend W06000013	37,806	18,732	5,822
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	37,778	12,494	3,301
East Hampshire E07000085	37,767	11,976	2,975
Cambridge E07000008	37,666	11,893	2,913
Gloucester E07000081	37,646	14,199	3,562
Wrexham W06000006	37,380	15,987	4,545
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	37,183	15,964	4,303
Bracknell Forest E06000036	37,077	10,576	2,595
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	37,063	16,911	4,793
Winchester E07000094	36,976	11,961	2,778
Amber Valley E07000032	36,904	15,212	4,161
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	36,812	15,280	4,495
Ashford E07000105	36,408	13,252	3,921
Stroud E07000082	36,331	12,983	3,064
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	35,495	20,401	6,479
East Staffordshire E07000193	35,386	12,567	3,340
Rushcliffe E07000176	35,320	11,757	2,808
Exeter E07000041	35,135	13,892	3,526
Sevenoaks E07000111	34,990	11,189	2,834
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	34,899	14,384	4,048
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	34,772	10,974	2,477
Pembrokeshire W06000009	34,697	16,259	4,532
Havant E07000090	34,630	14,788	4,171
West Oxfordshire E07000181	34,533	10,925	2,524
Gedling E07000173	34,323	13,609	3,621
North Kesteven E07000139	34,237	12,989	3,763
Halton E06000006	34,172	16,725	5,054
Gwynedd W06000002	33,914	13,782	3,409
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	33,892	15,212	4,319
Chorley E07000118	33,831	12,882	3,419
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	33,804	12,420	3,222
Fareham E07000087	33,711	11,984	2,944
Ashfield E07000170	33,516	16,040	4,954
Worthing E07000229	33,431	12,934	3,173
Bassetlaw E07000171	33,402	14,057	3,999
Dartford E07000107	33,170	9,842	2,684
Erewash E07000036	33,151	13,422	3,761
Rugby E07000220	33,003	11,139	2,871
South Ribble E07000126	32,685	12,646	3,252
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	32,661	10,812	2,736
Conwy W06000003	32,583	15,433	4,219
Darlington E06000005	32,403	13,283	3,232
Broxtowe E07000172	32,225	12,704	3,432
Dover E07000108	32,040	14,315	4,193
West Lancashire E07000127	31,647	13,131	3,755
Wyre E07000128	31,637	14,984	4,146
Crawley E07000226	31,615	11,017	2,870
South Derbyshire E07000039	31,182	10,946	3,110
Hertsmere E07000098	30,989	9,448	2,245
South Staffordshire E07000196	30,982	11,955	3,184
Lichfield E07000194	30,963	11,597	3,070
North Norfolk E07000147	30,664	14,039	3,671
Mid Suffolk E07000203	30,651	10,922	2,770
North West Leicestershire E07000134	30,593	11,332	3,048
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	30,568	13,685	4,085
Woking E07000217	30,498	8,783	2,154
Worcester E07000237	30,487	11,495	2,740
Spelthorne E07000213	30,397	9,217	2,191
Blaby E07000129	29,732	10,178	2,665
Hart E07000089	29,651	8,467	1,846
Chesterfield E07000034	29,625	14,512	3,921
Mansfield E07000174	29,573	14,053	4,404
Watford E07000103	29,541	8,124	1,963
Wyre Forest E07000239	29,505	12,462	3,353
Cotswold E07000079	29,376	9,233	1,988
North East Derbyshire E07000038	29,127	13,157	3,703
Eastbourne E07000061	29,083	13,071	3,456
Bromsgrove E07000234	28,971	9,808	2,486
Harborough E07000131	28,900	9,348	2,164
Tewkesbury E07000083	28,837	9,781	2,312
Gravesham E07000109	28,367	10,279	3,078
Fenland E07000010	28,361	12,155	3,567
North Devon E07000043	28,353	11,768	3,076
Lewes E07000063	28,353	12,091	3,244
Broxbourne E07000095	28,335	9,288	2,227
Rushmoor E07000092	28,088	9,039	2,177
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	27,855	11,365	3,136
Cannock Chase E07000192	27,764	12,093	3,600
Babergh E07000200	27,636	9,997	2,567
Great Yarmouth E07000145	27,592	12,956	3,996
West Lindsey E07000142	27,583	11,482	3,282
High Peak E07000037	27,483	10,764	2,525
Lincoln E07000138	27,252	11,937	3,317
Uttlesford E07000077	27,207	7,953	1,799
South Holland E07000140	27,199	10,368	3,136
Rother E07000064	26,952	11,965	3,185
Monmouthshire W06000021	26,950	11,189	2,786
Mole Valley E07000210	26,923	8,370	1,846
Three Rivers E07000102	26,742	8,197	1,919
Surrey Heath E07000214	26,696	7,549	1,763
South Hams E07000044	26,330	10,304	2,701
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	26,086	8,852	2,265
Harlow E07000073	25,851	9,575	2,431
Denbighshire W06000004	25,775	12,765	3,847
Tandridge E07000215	25,766	7,968	1,889
Runnymede E07000212	25,247	7,683	1,908
Hastings E07000062	25,145	11,949	3,359
Castle Point E07000069	25,040	9,653	2,696
Pendle E07000122	24,968	10,318	2,781
Burnley E07000117	24,935	11,729	3,208
Fylde E07000119	24,863	10,233	2,510
Hartlepool E06000001	24,700	12,660	3,570
Stevenage E07000243	24,695	9,276	2,540
Rochford E07000075	24,657	8,696	2,206
Redditch E07000236	24,407	9,410	2,561
Forest of Dean E07000080	24,405	10,077	2,735
Brentwood E07000068	23,818	6,912	1,612
Mid Devon E07000042	23,726	9,392	2,515
Torfaen W06000020	23,700	12,672	3,869
Malvern Hills E07000235	23,341	9,222	2,329
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	23,150	6,645	1,529
Gosport E07000088	23,127	10,003	2,792
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	21,973	8,276	2,034
Hyndburn E07000120	21,690	10,268	2,832
Tamworth E07000199	21,677	8,630	2,588
Bolsover E07000033	21,419	10,463	3,380
Boston E07000136	19,843	7,413	2,148
Rossendale E07000125	19,784	8,585	2,192
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	19,664	8,821	2,337
Torridge E07000046	19,532	8,444	2,479
Ribble Valley E07000124	19,409	6,000	1,338
Ceredigion W06000008	19,190	9,155	2,548
Maldon E07000074	19,009	7,029	1,862
North Warwickshire E07000218	18,384	7,199	1,997
Adur E07000223	17,969	7,618	2,091
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	17,356	10,064	2,920
West Devon E07000047	16,015	6,864	1,939
Melton E07000133	15,674	5,567	1,358
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	15,200	5,830	1,587
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	15,066	8,216	2,503
Rutland E06000017	11,898	3,911	885
City of London E09000001	4,120	718	74
Isles of Scilly E06000053	706	194	42
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	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	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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No people disabled under the Equality Act in household · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

706 to 29k
29k to 37k
37k to 48k
48k to 74k
74k to 277k

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Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:48 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:48 UTC; 954 of 954 figures matched the live source.

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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 disabled people in household (4 categories)”: The number of people in a household who assessed their day-to-day activities as limited by long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses and are considered disabled. This definition of a disabled person meets the harmonised standard for measuring disability and is in line with the Equality Act (2010).