People per room by council, Census 2021

Households of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by people per room, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Number of people per room in household (5 categories)”).

Up to and including 0.5 people per room, highest: Birmingham

213,695

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC

People per room 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	Up to and including 0.5 people per room	Over 0.5 and up to 1.0 people per room	Over 1.0 and up to 1.5 people per room	Over 1.5 people per room
Birmingham E08000025	213,695	163,198	35,047	11,516
Leeds E08000035	186,202	133,790	16,876	4,598
North Yorkshire E06000065	175,708	90,746	7,011	916
Somerset E06000066	155,528	84,921	8,281	1,389
Cornwall E06000052	149,082	89,491	9,894	2,068
County Durham E06000047	144,770	82,381	6,722	888
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	130,842	87,060	11,145	2,903
Wiltshire E06000054	130,616	76,150	7,233	1,082
Buckinghamshire E06000060	124,412	83,978	9,844	2,094
Liverpool E08000012	122,768	76,269	6,894	1,560
Cheshire East E06000049	110,994	58,491	4,648	724
Bradford E08000032	110,545	78,399	16,186	4,737
Dorset E06000059	106,345	56,530	5,487	899
Manchester E08000003	103,554	90,352	15,818	5,008
West Northamptonshire E06000062	97,871	64,967	7,966	1,836
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	97,574	50,359	3,663	469
Bristol, City of E06000023	97,344	82,819	8,494	2,981
Kirklees E08000034	97,158	66,762	10,869	3,200
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	96,992	53,128	4,407	629
Northumberland E06000057	94,759	47,939	3,701	523
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	92,861	71,254	7,772	1,955
Wirral E08000015	92,070	47,641	3,140	401
Shropshire E06000051	88,397	46,146	4,175	861
Wakefield E08000036	87,425	58,188	6,322	1,140
North Northamptonshire E06000061	85,916	56,218	5,908	876
Wigan E08000010	84,334	52,395	5,494	882
Cardiff W06000015	82,812	57,645	5,565	1,311
Cumberland E06000063	81,241	40,393	3,379	412
Doncaster E08000017	80,913	47,371	4,570	626
Dudley E08000027	77,971	51,630	6,337	1,131
Sefton E08000014	77,772	41,619	3,121	561
Stockport E08000007	72,263	49,282	4,285	819
East Suffolk E07000244	71,957	35,252	3,061	478
Bromley E09000006	71,830	56,241	6,190	1,566
Sunderland E08000024	71,707	46,122	3,749	599
Croydon E09000008	70,128	66,170	11,738	4,910
Coventry E08000026	69,414	54,509	8,112	2,102
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	69,148	47,529	4,981	1,141
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	68,020	47,342	4,653	740
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	67,250	32,970	2,926	382
South Gloucestershire E06000025	66,693	46,854	3,948	606
Rotherham E08000018	66,298	42,547	4,270	811
Nottingham E06000018	66,205	48,429	7,794	2,317
Swansea W06000011	65,426	35,959	3,065	511
Barnet E09000003	65,209	66,248	12,180	5,280
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	64,970	35,454	2,640	275
Plymouth E06000026	64,417	44,636	4,574	931
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	64,102	39,799	5,380	1,119
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	63,677	44,871	5,824	1,100
Sandwell E08000028	63,523	53,630	10,493	2,600
Bolton E08000001	61,840	45,360	8,317	3,273
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	61,809	41,301	4,273	670
Salford E08000006	60,946	46,694	5,920	1,556
Derby E06000015	59,448	39,247	5,375	1,582
Walsall E08000030	58,967	43,941	7,771	1,545
North Tyneside E08000022	58,279	35,180	2,470	303
Wandsworth E09000032	58,054	67,472	8,373	3,494
Milton Keynes E06000042	58,032	46,398	6,954	1,718
Brighton and Hove E06000043	57,803	56,044	5,311	2,243
Medway E06000035	57,755	46,461	6,008	1,234
Leicester E06000016	57,070	52,999	12,226	5,093
North Somerset E06000024	56,801	34,576	2,773	498
Lambeth E09000022	56,758	64,765	8,808	4,357
Southwark E09000028	55,220	61,256	9,553	4,789
Wolverhampton E08000031	55,126	41,804	6,843	1,368
Warrington E06000007	54,391	32,979	2,741	427
Trafford E08000009	53,662	38,476	3,453	679
Carmarthenshire W06000010	53,523	25,472	2,453	311
Ealing E09000009	52,610	61,520	13,136	6,393
Solihull E08000029	52,572	33,215	3,243	453
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	52,546	27,083	2,663	535
Tameside E08000008	52,175	40,013	5,838	1,502
Calderdale E08000033	51,959	33,400	4,138	979
Gateshead E08000037	51,623	33,591	3,251	537
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	51,462	29,277	2,605	413
Swindon E06000030	51,409	37,955	5,262	1,236
Lewisham E09000023	51,152	57,171	9,510	4,559
Southampton E06000045	50,591	43,702	6,017	1,981
Greenwich E09000011	50,505	50,287	9,628	3,632
Enfield E09000010	50,191	53,845	11,691	5,193
St. Helens E08000013	49,507	28,589	2,534	381
Havering E09000016	49,028	43,492	7,049	1,708
York E06000014	48,775	33,584	2,612	488
New Forest E07000091	48,441	26,106	2,628	388
West Suffolk E07000245	48,209	27,428	2,740	369
Huntingdonshire E07000011	47,982	26,107	2,448	343
Caerphilly W06000018	47,922	26,099	2,026	210
Rochdale E08000005	46,932	34,909	6,377	2,005
Bexley E09000004	46,300	41,811	5,706	1,483
Portsmouth E06000044	45,863	35,357	3,931	1,004
North Lincolnshire E06000013	45,796	24,874	2,230	273
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	45,541	22,516	1,584	185
Oldham E08000004	45,428	36,870	7,661	3,181
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	44,989	31,132	2,592	537
Bury E08000002	44,384	30,917	4,166	1,228
Colchester E07000071	44,360	31,393	3,354	603
Brent E09000005	44,157	51,961	14,118	8,376
Peterborough E06000031	44,094	33,397	5,735	1,310
Westminster E09000033	43,870	40,817	6,155	3,973
Hillingdon E09000017	43,798	49,555	11,294	4,581
Charnwood E07000130	43,788	27,122	2,506	369
Haringey E09000014	43,755	46,730	9,194	5,413
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	43,745	28,922	3,308	535
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	43,045	29,938	3,166	496
Chelmsford E07000070	42,957	29,162	2,752	532
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	42,683	31,241	3,471	949
Tower Hamlets E09000030	42,653	55,700	13,904	8,282
Islington E09000019	42,118	45,446	6,252	2,683
Wealden E07000065	41,949	23,735	2,225	357
East Devon E07000040	41,849	22,472	2,148	319
Hackney E09000012	41,661	50,258	9,280	4,882
Bedford E06000055	41,649	28,757	3,668	874
Arun E07000224	41,600	27,305	3,088	667
South Tyneside E08000023	41,205	24,605	2,179	298
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	41,200	34,648	3,740	1,117
Waltham Forest E09000031	41,071	46,421	10,338	5,071
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	41,003	20,052	1,187	133
Powys W06000023	40,915	17,423	1,618	226
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	40,816	23,722	2,516	411
Blackpool E06000009	40,663	22,097	1,725	304
Flintshire W06000005	40,655	23,621	2,335	300
South Kesteven E07000141	40,421	20,538	1,678	213
Isle of Wight E06000046	40,176	22,031	2,092	475
Redbridge E09000026	40,147	46,491	11,923	5,152
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	40,066	24,458	2,193	278
Tendring E07000076	39,896	24,571	2,522	461
East Lindsey E07000137	39,595	22,609	2,111	439
Basildon E07000066	39,583	31,414	4,513	852
Camden E09000007	39,580	43,159	6,060	3,959
Bridgend W06000013	39,540	21,055	1,553	212
Newport W06000022	39,233	23,530	2,611	680
Knowsley E08000011	39,092	24,429	2,297	255
Hounslow E09000018	38,863	46,080	12,288	5,730
Norwich E07000148	38,711	22,436	2,831	481
South Norfolk E07000149	38,639	20,808	1,712	222
Wokingham E06000041	38,632	27,563	2,541	429
Maidstone E07000110	38,557	28,706	3,199	746
West Berkshire E06000037	38,543	25,058	2,605	452
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	38,475	21,159	1,805	199
Stafford E07000197	38,445	20,062	1,326	214
Sutton E09000029	37,586	36,730	6,257	1,775
Newham E09000025	37,494	50,107	18,185	9,721
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	37,293	20,460	1,525	189
Braintree E07000067	37,134	24,846	2,635	371
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	37,014	19,005	1,280	151
Cherwell E07000177	36,891	25,491	2,928	584
Broadland E07000144	36,797	19,272	1,517	174
Horsham E07000227	36,689	23,192	2,190	299
Teignbridge E07000045	36,509	21,121	1,903	305
Torbay E06000027	36,464	23,737	2,290	503
Breckland E07000143	36,452	21,232	2,287	388
Warwick E07000222	36,216	24,166	1,962	274
South Oxfordshire E07000179	36,157	22,827	2,194	320
Harrow E09000015	36,084	40,577	8,908	4,073
Pembrokeshire W06000009	36,084	17,230	1,869	305
Mid Sussex E07000228	36,004	24,466	2,468	411
Merton E09000024	35,650	37,623	6,048	2,408
Lancaster E07000121	35,537	22,301	1,831	311
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	35,510	37,884	5,072	2,777
Canterbury E07000106	35,508	25,167	2,550	567
Middlesbrough E06000002	35,439	21,755	2,612	455
Wychavon E07000238	35,435	19,675	1,970	276
Thanet E07000114	35,024	23,592	2,824	758
Vale of White Horse E07000180	34,836	20,601	1,814	247
East Hertfordshire E07000242	34,413	24,883	2,340	385
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	34,177	23,557	2,545	653
Amber Valley E07000032	34,172	20,138	1,738	229
Wrexham W06000006	34,084	21,155	2,360	315
Dacorum E07000096	34,062	25,798	3,020	533
Halton E06000006	33,937	19,849	1,921	246
Ipswich E07000202	33,882	22,081	2,855	687
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	33,637	17,774	1,667	251
Luton E06000032	33,598	32,951	9,072	3,319
Chichester E07000225	33,483	18,433	1,906	295
Preston E07000123	33,225	22,296	3,308	778
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	33,217	27,849	3,391	2,427
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	33,103	18,413	1,659	247
Gwynedd W06000002	32,934	16,225	1,706	240
Test Valley E07000093	32,877	19,824	1,742	265
Conwy W06000003	32,744	17,540	1,680	271
Bassetlaw E07000171	32,596	17,149	1,477	236
Stroud E07000082	32,523	18,042	1,574	239
North Kesteven E07000139	32,486	17,062	1,285	156
North Norfolk E07000147	32,402	14,310	1,395	265
North Hertfordshire E07000099	32,401	21,932	2,105	294
Cheltenham E07000078	32,332	18,780	1,495	292
Elmbridge E07000207	32,317	20,954	1,906	413
Swale E07000113	32,090	24,387	3,270	748
Reading E06000038	31,989	29,580	4,681	1,433
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	31,919	24,386	2,876	668
East Hampshire E07000085	31,872	18,778	1,796	272
Wyre E07000128	31,837	17,651	1,120	159
Waverley E07000216	31,771	18,755	1,620	302
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	31,741	21,924	2,491	430
Gedling E07000173	31,694	18,231	1,437	189
Ashfield E07000170	31,599	20,422	2,174	313
Eastleigh E07000086	31,578	22,934	2,143	269
Gloucester E07000081	31,490	21,239	2,183	495
Guildford E07000209	31,173	22,021	2,100	466
Rushcliffe E07000176	31,149	17,635	993	106
St Albans E07000240	31,072	24,875	2,536	507
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	30,950	29,773	3,785	1,118
Erewash E07000036	30,787	17,900	1,438	209
Winchester E07000094	30,714	19,099	1,620	281
Havant E07000090	30,611	20,062	2,430	486
Darlington E06000005	30,418	16,954	1,354	192
East Staffordshire E07000193	30,362	18,499	2,061	371
Chorley E07000118	30,228	18,151	1,546	209
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	30,198	17,743	1,318	187
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	29,997	21,102	2,144	330
Dover E07000108	29,994	17,981	2,114	459
South Ribble E07000126	29,751	17,342	1,329	164
Broxtowe E07000172	29,646	17,127	1,386	199
West Lancashire E07000127	29,628	17,315	1,438	152
Chesterfield E07000034	29,568	16,516	1,717	257
Fareham E07000087	29,518	17,679	1,269	172
Ashford E07000105	29,355	21,056	2,685	487
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	29,329	22,900	4,973	1,565
Thurrock E06000034	29,297	29,981	5,807	1,293
Exeter E07000041	29,289	21,014	1,821	430
Epping Forest E07000072	28,971	22,202	2,801	583
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	28,671	17,328	1,871	468
West Oxfordshire E07000181	28,573	17,517	1,607	283
Sevenoaks E07000111	28,555	18,219	1,918	321
Mansfield E07000174	28,515	17,545	1,680	289
Lichfield E07000194	28,334	15,849	1,267	179
South Staffordshire E07000196	28,117	16,465	1,390	149
North West Leicestershire E07000134	28,079	15,554	1,186	154
North East Derbyshire E07000038	28,063	16,347	1,406	171
Mid Suffolk E07000203	27,990	14,903	1,264	186
West Lindsey E07000142	27,888	13,241	1,058	157
South Derbyshire E07000039	27,638	16,203	1,230	169
Wyre Forest E07000239	27,636	15,810	1,561	313
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	27,392	18,275	1,996	560
Monmouthshire W06000021	27,383	12,499	921	120
Cambridge E07000008	27,254	22,061	2,334	822
Cotswold E07000079	27,069	12,260	1,115	153
Rugby E07000220	27,069	17,862	1,797	287
Rother E07000064	26,892	13,565	1,367	278
Oxford E07000178	26,889	23,847	3,412	1,090
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	26,875	14,152	1,164	164
Great Yarmouth E07000145	26,769	15,678	1,699	398
Bracknell Forest E06000036	26,656	20,843	2,309	441
Worthing E07000229	26,615	20,349	2,021	553
North Devon E07000043	26,539	15,019	1,415	227
Fenland E07000010	25,835	16,169	1,761	318
Worcester E07000237	25,802	16,809	1,764	347
Denbighshire W06000004	25,772	14,850	1,530	235
Babergh E07000200	25,585	13,198	1,275	142
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	25,489	32,354	11,596	4,463
Bromsgrove E07000234	25,423	14,613	1,065	164
Lewes E07000063	25,406	16,219	1,735	328
Harborough E07000131	25,403	13,870	997	143
Cannock Chase E07000192	25,199	16,398	1,640	220
Tewkesbury E07000083	25,033	14,446	1,269	183
Eastbourne E07000061	25,022	17,992	2,008	588
South Hams E07000044	24,911	13,069	1,189	166
Blaby E07000129	24,857	16,238	1,319	161
Fylde E07000119	24,735	12,016	738	117
Hartlepool E06000001	24,720	14,729	1,295	186
High Peak E07000037	24,169	15,001	1,398	204
Torfaen W06000020	24,128	14,624	1,272	217
Lincoln E07000138	24,117	16,034	1,854	502
South Holland E07000140	24,115	14,709	1,614	266
Hart E07000089	23,728	14,882	1,201	153
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	23,460	19,677	2,586	486
Forest of Dean E07000080	23,304	12,448	1,273	192
Hastings E07000062	23,104	14,987	1,894	468
Malvern Hills E07000235	22,572	11,251	935	134
Mole Valley E07000210	22,290	13,264	1,288	297
Uttlesford E07000077	22,260	13,449	1,102	147
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	22,152	13,527	1,316	208
Woking E07000217	22,141	16,416	2,280	600
Mid Devon E07000042	21,711	12,273	1,423	225
Surrey Heath E07000214	21,515	12,943	1,335	215
Burnley E07000117	21,179	15,366	2,469	858
Hertsmere E07000098	21,157	18,213	2,604	708
Spelthorne E07000213	21,152	17,552	2,526	577
Dartford E07000107	21,126	20,706	3,091	773
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	20,976	10,299	882	126
Gosport E07000088	20,903	13,431	1,301	287
Gravesham E07000109	20,762	17,324	2,867	771
Crawley E07000226	20,589	20,487	3,592	834
Ceredigion W06000008	20,520	9,312	910	150
Tandridge E07000215	20,519	13,393	1,408	302
Castle Point E07000069	20,445	15,004	1,639	302
Bolsover E07000033	20,410	13,273	1,382	197
Redditch E07000236	20,347	14,102	1,604	322
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	20,301	9,373	1,026	122
Rochford E07000075	20,074	14,000	1,293	190
Pendle E07000122	19,956	13,917	2,822	1,372
Broxbourne E07000095	19,521	17,073	2,647	609
Torridge E07000046	19,481	9,886	946	144
Three Rivers E07000102	19,183	15,420	1,862	393
Rushmoor E07000092	18,882	17,244	2,599	578
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	18,671	10,555	975	137
Tamworth E07000199	18,626	12,647	1,418	204
Runnymede E07000212	18,498	14,354	1,632	355
Brentwood E07000068	18,423	12,458	1,211	250
Hyndburn E07000120	18,326	13,566	2,125	773
Stevenage E07000243	18,029	15,791	2,210	481
Slough E06000039	17,689	23,653	7,879	3,202
Watford E07000103	17,448	17,840	3,247	1,093
Maldon E07000074	17,363	9,494	904	139
Harlow E07000073	16,749	17,048	3,141	919
Rossendale E07000125	16,732	11,929	1,524	376
Ribble Valley E07000124	16,363	9,532	733	119
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	16,290	8,781	620	91
Boston E07000136	16,221	11,438	1,512	233
West Devon E07000047	16,092	7,793	788	145
North Warwickshire E07000218	16,056	10,364	1,035	125
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	15,899	13,603	1,473	346
Melton E07000133	14,528	7,414	579	78
Adur E07000223	14,420	11,646	1,320	292
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	12,717	8,782	976	142
Rutland E06000017	11,433	4,881	345	35
City of London E09000001	2,409	2,225	147	134
Isles of Scilly E06000053	574	320	33	15
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	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	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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Up to and including 0.5 people per room · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

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Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Retrieved

31 October 2026, 11:12 UTC

Raw files fetched

https://api.beta.ons.gov.uk/v1/population-types/HH/census-observations?area-type=ltla23&dimensions=hh_persons_per_roomSHA-256 3ac1c9dd9f0801de3e31d93b75c78dc629e6685549fa6cc77c1c9a72db5f2269 · 512,837 bytes
https://api.beta.ons.gov.uk/v1/population-types/HH/dimensions?limit=500SHA-256 1d975dc4aefd42401ab90f911470590ac63e6faea9e8fd6f81b555127037b6d3 · 27,052 bytes

Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC; 1272 of 1272 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics (Census 2021); Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:12:08Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	1272 of 1272 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	1272 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	1272 of 1272 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 8 of 8 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_persons_per_room within twice the square root of the councils summed (3 exactly; the largest gap 0.43 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 people per room in household (5 categories)”: The number of household members is divided by the number of rooms in the household.
The ONS's quality statement: It is inappropriate to measure change in number of persons per room from 2011 to 2021, as Census 2021 used Valuation Office Agency data for the number of rooms variable. Instead use Census 2021 estimates for number of persons per bedroom for comparisons over time.