Disabled people limited a little, in the household by council, Census 2021

Households of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by disabled people limited a little, in the household, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Number of disabled people in household whose day-to-day activities are limited a little (4 categories)”).

No people disabled under the Equality Act whose day-to-day activities are limited a little in household, highest: Birmingham

336,624

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC

Disabled people limited a little, 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 whose day-to-day activities are limited a little in household	1 person disabled under the Equality Act whose day-to-day activities are limited a little in household	2 or more people disabled under the Equality Act whose day-to-day activities are limited a little in household
Birmingham E08000025	336,624	73,829	13,003
Leeds E08000035	274,115	58,815	8,536
North Yorkshire E06000065	217,567	49,668	7,146
Somerset E06000066	194,974	47,847	7,299
Cornwall E06000052	191,128	50,977	8,430
County Durham E06000047	180,986	46,620	7,155
Buckinghamshire E06000060	179,960	35,009	5,359
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	179,952	44,852	7,146
Manchester E08000003	172,318	36,606	5,808
Wiltshire E06000054	168,920	39,713	6,448
Bradford E08000032	167,070	37,120	5,677
Liverpool E08000012	165,163	36,927	5,401
Bristol, City of E06000023	151,196	34,815	5,627
Kirklees E08000034	141,720	31,667	4,602
Cheshire East E06000049	140,208	30,195	4,453
West Northamptonshire E06000062	139,049	29,002	4,589
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	137,439	31,607	4,796
Dorset E06000059	130,485	33,396	5,380
Croydon E09000008	126,291	23,088	3,564
Barnet E09000003	124,963	21,080	2,874
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	122,586	28,096	4,474
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	120,199	27,816	4,051
Wakefield E08000036	120,099	28,606	4,370
Wandsworth E09000032	117,939	17,241	2,213
North Northamptonshire E06000061	117,606	26,787	4,525
Cardiff W06000015	116,223	26,967	4,144
Northumberland E06000057	114,291	28,405	4,226
Lambeth E09000022	113,271	18,942	2,475
Wigan E08000010	112,654	26,505	3,946
Ealing E09000009	112,295	18,677	2,687
Bromley E09000006	111,882	20,863	3,082
Wirral E08000015	110,893	27,930	4,430
Southwark E09000028	109,632	18,681	2,505
Shropshire E06000051	109,359	26,072	4,148
Coventry E08000026	107,575	22,975	3,590
Dudley E08000027	106,746	26,159	4,164
Doncaster E08000017	105,336	24,467	3,677
Sandwell E08000028	103,436	23,058	3,752
Leicester E06000016	101,983	21,728	3,677
Tower Hamlets E09000030	101,494	16,542	2,504
Lewisham E09000023	100,780	18,809	2,803
Enfield E09000010	100,501	17,748	2,674
Stockport E08000007	100,209	22,912	3,527
Brent E09000005	99,778	16,356	2,478
Cumberland E06000063	99,354	22,821	3,250
Nottingham E06000018	97,644	23,551	3,550
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	96,905	22,590	3,305
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	96,897	20,500	3,358
Newham E09000025	96,659	16,066	2,782
Sefton E08000014	96,297	23,309	3,468
Brighton and Hove E06000043	95,341	22,471	3,590
Greenwich E09000011	94,540	17,038	2,474
Bolton E08000001	94,418	21,305	3,067
Sunderland E08000024	93,905	24,519	3,753
South Gloucestershire E06000025	93,542	21,199	3,360
Salford E08000006	92,703	19,531	2,882
Milton Keynes E06000042	91,317	18,741	3,045
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	91,094	21,313	3,066
Hillingdon E09000017	90,431	16,227	2,570
Hackney E09000012	88,325	15,695	2,061
Rotherham E08000018	88,267	22,035	3,623
Haringey E09000014	87,773	15,285	2,034
Walsall E08000030	87,684	20,954	3,588
Medway E06000035	87,646	20,222	3,590
Plymouth E06000026	87,594	23,069	3,896
Redbridge E09000026	86,303	14,940	2,470
Hounslow E09000018	85,962	14,712	2,287
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	85,334	21,732	3,331
East Suffolk E07000244	85,330	21,909	3,508
Waltham Forest E09000031	85,045	15,465	2,393
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	83,966	20,878	3,209
Wolverhampton E08000031	83,110	19,045	2,986
Derby E06000015	82,581	19,747	3,323
Havering E09000016	82,557	16,172	2,548
Westminster E09000033	82,004	11,495	1,316
Swansea W06000011	81,970	20,107	2,885
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	81,898	18,961	2,670
Southampton E06000045	80,515	18,813	2,963
Islington E09000019	80,037	14,601	1,859
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	79,360	20,798	3,181
Tameside E08000008	77,943	18,706	2,876
Bexley E09000004	77,613	15,217	2,470
Trafford E08000009	77,577	16,258	2,434
Camden E09000007	77,560	13,540	1,659
Swindon E06000030	76,816	16,429	2,617
North Tyneside E08000022	75,790	17,878	2,564
Harrow E09000015	74,908	12,578	2,156
North Somerset E06000024	74,039	17,868	2,741
Oldham E08000004	73,239	17,069	2,832
Warrington E06000007	72,563	15,646	2,329
Calderdale E08000033	71,852	16,359	2,265
Solihull E08000029	71,089	15,834	2,560
Rochdale E08000005	71,025	16,586	2,612
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	69,943	10,221	1,080
Gateshead E08000037	69,391	17,151	2,457
Merton E09000024	68,375	11,625	1,729
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	67,890	11,337	1,478
Portsmouth E06000044	67,861	15,812	2,482
Peterborough E06000031	67,488	14,635	2,408
Sutton E09000029	67,429	12,850	2,069
York E06000014	67,246	15,722	2,488
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	65,648	15,652	2,457
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	64,832	15,714	2,284
Luton E06000032	64,498	12,439	2,003
Bury E08000002	63,746	14,642	2,307
West Suffolk E07000245	63,342	13,408	1,996
Carmarthenshire W06000010	63,117	16,065	2,577
St. Helens E08000013	63,095	15,542	2,374
Colchester E07000071	62,910	14,393	2,407
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	62,680	14,371	2,199
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	62,249	13,915	2,179
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	61,497	13,030	2,118
Chelmsford E07000070	61,366	12,192	1,845
Huntingdonshire E07000011	61,221	13,506	2,153
Basildon E07000066	61,039	13,085	2,238
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	61,011	10,995	1,896
New Forest E07000091	60,708	14,615	2,243
Bedford E06000055	60,348	12,623	1,979
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	59,207	14,723	2,580
Caerphilly W06000018	58,680	15,167	2,410
Charnwood E07000130	58,408	13,146	2,231
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	58,276	7,760	848
North Lincolnshire E06000013	57,185	13,755	2,233
Wokingham E06000041	56,893	10,535	1,736
Maidstone E07000110	56,861	12,322	2,025
Arun E07000224	56,463	13,929	2,269
Reading E06000038	55,154	10,738	1,791
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	54,704	13,110	2,011
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	54,157	9,965	1,504
Thurrock E06000034	53,801	10,716	1,860
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	53,671	11,543	1,782
Wealden E07000065	53,666	12,548	2,052
West Berkshire E06000037	53,556	11,288	1,814
Cherwell E07000177	53,246	11,023	1,625
South Tyneside E08000023	53,217	13,219	1,851
Flintshire W06000005	52,818	12,251	1,842
Knowsley E08000011	52,352	11,942	1,779
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	52,143	13,112	2,209
Newport W06000022	51,985	12,213	1,857
Braintree E07000067	51,433	11,598	1,955
East Devon E07000040	51,408	13,262	2,118
Dacorum E07000096	51,186	10,546	1,680
Tendring E07000076	51,173	13,971	2,307
Mid Sussex E07000228	51,072	10,786	1,491
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	50,874	8,840	1,218
East Hertfordshire E07000242	50,702	9,897	1,422
Warwick E07000222	50,633	10,401	1,585
Horsham E07000227	50,365	10,502	1,503
South Oxfordshire E07000179	49,815	10,196	1,486
Norwich E07000148	49,516	12,906	2,038
South Kesteven E07000141	49,493	11,492	1,865
Blackpool E06000009	49,363	13,424	2,002
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	49,108	9,333	1,408
Canterbury E07000106	49,033	12,501	2,258
Isle of Wight E06000046	48,901	13,772	2,102
East Lindsey E07000137	48,573	13,638	2,543
St Albans E07000240	48,546	9,060	1,384
Bridgend W06000013	48,465	12,040	1,855
South Norfolk E07000149	48,190	11,305	1,886
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	47,917	12,544	1,915
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	47,859	11,975	1,805
Torbay E06000027	47,837	12,977	2,180
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	47,688	10,198	1,578
Middlesbrough E06000002	47,568	11,023	1,671
Preston E07000123	47,553	10,512	1,543
Thanet E07000114	47,318	12,641	2,241
Stafford E07000197	47,316	10,995	1,736
Powys W06000023	46,847	11,671	1,664
Ipswich E07000202	46,826	10,966	1,715
Swale E07000113	46,726	11,622	2,145
Breckland E07000143	46,651	11,670	2,038
Elmbridge E07000207	46,604	7,892	1,094
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	46,482	10,616	1,669
Lancaster E07000121	46,160	11,905	1,915
Vale of White Horse E07000180	46,147	9,818	1,533
Teignbridge E07000045	45,872	12,076	1,890
Guildford E07000209	45,456	8,873	1,431
Wychavon E07000238	45,431	10,307	1,618
Wrexham W06000006	45,335	10,964	1,615
Eastleigh E07000086	45,271	10,063	1,590
North Hertfordshire E07000099	45,198	10,019	1,515
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	45,058	10,711	1,684
Broadland E07000144	45,020	10,995	1,745
Epping Forest E07000072	44,978	8,398	1,183
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	44,162	10,666	1,758
Oxford E07000178	44,076	9,540	1,622
Slough E06000039	43,899	7,279	1,245
Amber Valley E07000032	43,826	10,795	1,657
Test Valley E07000093	43,734	9,512	1,462
Gloucester E07000081	43,674	10,156	1,577
Halton E06000006	43,415	10,825	1,711
Chichester E07000225	43,077	9,616	1,425
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	42,946	9,160	1,467
Pembrokeshire W06000009	42,895	10,934	1,659
Cheltenham E07000078	42,795	8,940	1,164
Waverley E07000216	42,538	8,563	1,347
Cambridge E07000008	42,175	8,855	1,442
Ashford E07000105	42,140	9,713	1,730
East Hampshire E07000085	42,109	9,098	1,511
Ashfield E07000170	41,752	10,930	1,826
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	41,653	10,034	1,641
Stroud E07000082	41,291	9,604	1,482
Havant E07000090	41,267	10,550	1,772
Winchester E07000094	41,262	9,020	1,432
Bracknell Forest E06000036	41,099	7,911	1,238
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	40,993	10,607	1,823
Exeter E07000041	40,813	10,062	1,679
East Staffordshire E07000193	40,760	9,020	1,513
Gedling E07000173	40,536	9,481	1,533
Gwynedd W06000002	40,387	9,402	1,318
Bassetlaw E07000171	40,345	9,593	1,520
Conwy W06000003	40,260	10,423	1,553
Rushcliffe E07000176	39,926	8,633	1,325
North Kesteven E07000139	39,719	9,596	1,672
Chorley E07000118	39,655	9,063	1,416
Sevenoaks E07000111	39,544	8,151	1,318
Erewash E07000036	39,276	9,514	1,544
Wyre E07000128	39,186	10,084	1,497
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	39,030	8,023	1,170
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	38,914	9,128	1,404
Worthing E07000229	38,820	9,252	1,466
Dover E07000108	38,754	10,065	1,729
Darlington E06000005	38,611	9,021	1,286
West Oxfordshire E07000181	38,451	8,309	1,221
Fareham E07000087	38,337	8,889	1,413
West Lancashire E07000127	38,287	8,855	1,391
South Ribble E07000126	38,257	8,968	1,361
Broxtowe E07000172	37,749	9,150	1,462
Rugby E07000220	37,467	8,241	1,305
Dartford E07000107	37,383	7,139	1,174
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	37,075	7,861	1,273
Mansfield E07000174	36,952	9,497	1,581
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	36,938	9,769	1,631
Chesterfield E07000034	36,692	9,845	1,521
North Norfolk E07000147	36,680	10,075	1,619
Crawley E07000226	36,510	7,741	1,251
South Staffordshire E07000196	36,309	8,483	1,329
Lichfield E07000194	35,952	8,352	1,326
South Derbyshire E07000039	35,834	8,075	1,331
North East Derbyshire E07000038	35,392	9,195	1,400
North West Leicestershire E07000134	35,297	8,345	1,331
Wyre Forest E07000239	35,256	8,707	1,355
Worcester E07000237	35,180	8,310	1,232
Hertsmere E07000098	35,139	6,533	1,008
Mid Suffolk E07000203	34,964	8,095	1,283
Eastbourne E07000061	34,913	9,262	1,435
Spelthorne E07000213	34,304	6,513	988
Fenland E07000010	34,171	8,474	1,438
Great Yarmouth E07000145	34,084	8,983	1,477
Blaby E07000129	33,966	7,435	1,174
Woking E07000217	33,948	6,438	1,051
Cannock Chase E07000192	33,689	8,408	1,360
North Devon E07000043	33,434	8,411	1,352
Lewes E07000063	33,412	8,813	1,463
Gravesham E07000109	33,218	7,174	1,332
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	33,079	7,994	1,282
Bromsgrove E07000234	33,024	7,088	1,153
Watford E07000103	32,988	5,768	872
Cotswold E07000079	32,815	6,860	922
Broxbourne E07000095	32,639	6,294	917
Hart E07000089	32,612	6,392	960
West Lindsey E07000142	32,563	8,407	1,375
Denbighshire W06000004	32,559	8,471	1,358
Tewkesbury E07000083	32,534	7,350	1,047
Lincoln E07000138	32,485	8,538	1,484
Harborough E07000131	32,411	6,962	1,040
Rother E07000064	32,122	8,612	1,367
Monmouthshire W06000021	32,114	7,681	1,129
High Peak E07000037	32,056	7,618	1,099
South Holland E07000140	31,909	7,475	1,319
Hartlepool E06000001	31,781	7,966	1,183
Rushmoor E07000092	31,683	6,526	1,094
Babergh E07000200	31,651	7,357	1,192
Burnley E07000117	31,177	7,596	1,099
Hastings E07000062	30,735	8,400	1,318
Torfaen W06000020	30,685	8,274	1,282
South Hams E07000044	30,675	7,508	1,151
Pendle E07000122	30,252	6,781	1,033
Harlow E07000073	30,179	6,636	1,041
Uttlesford E07000077	30,109	5,923	926
Mole Valley E07000210	30,044	6,171	924
Three Rivers E07000102	30,037	5,924	897
Fylde E07000119	29,552	7,044	1,008
Surrey Heath E07000214	29,525	5,569	914
Castle Point E07000069	29,521	6,774	1,094
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	29,519	6,621	1,063
Tandridge E07000215	28,874	5,849	900
Forest of Dean E07000080	28,804	7,212	1,201
Stevenage E07000243	28,729	6,662	1,120
Redditch E07000236	28,707	6,574	1,097
Runnymede E07000212	28,350	5,598	891
Rochford E07000075	28,277	6,299	981
Mid Devon E07000042	27,596	6,886	1,152
Gosport E07000088	27,319	7,351	1,252
Malvern Hills E07000235	27,088	6,718	1,087
Hyndburn E07000120	27,044	6,707	1,039
Bolsover E07000033	27,033	7,038	1,191
Brentwood E07000068	26,714	4,933	695
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	25,693	4,880	748
Tamworth E07000199	25,643	6,216	1,036
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	25,295	6,078	910
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	24,074	5,886	862
Rossendale E07000125	23,944	5,733	884
Ceredigion W06000008	23,557	6,398	940
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	23,508	6,026	806
Boston E07000136	23,345	5,221	838
Torridge E07000046	23,284	6,100	1,073
Maldon E07000074	21,943	5,121	836
Ribble Valley E07000124	21,854	4,310	583
North Warwickshire E07000218	21,671	5,133	776
Adur E07000223	21,204	5,599	875
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	20,211	4,856	714
West Devon E07000047	18,941	5,006	872
Melton E07000133	17,774	4,181	641
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	17,738	4,196	683
Rutland E06000017	13,319	2,944	428
City of London E09000001	4,335	542	37
Isles of Scilly E06000053	771	150	21
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 whose day-to-day activities are limited a little in household · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

771 to 33k
33k to 43k
43k to 55k
55k to 88k
88k to 337k

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, 11:49 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:49 UTC; 954 of 954 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	954 of 954 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	954 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	954 of 954 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 6 of 6 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_number_limited_little_4a within twice the square root of the councils summed (0 exactly; the largest gap 0.53 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 disabled people in household whose day-to-day activities are limited a little (4 categories)”: The number of people in the household who have any physical or mental health conditions or illnesses lasting or expected to last 12 months or more that reduces their ability to carry out day-to-day activities a little. The extent of the limitation gives an indication of severity of disability. This definition of a disabled person meets the harmonised standard for measuring disability and is in line with the Equality Act (2010).