Students living away in term time by council, Census 2021

Households of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by students living away in term time, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Households with students or schoolchildren living away during term-time (4 categories)”).

Household has no students away, highest: Birmingham

415,948

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC

Students living away in term time 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	Household has no students away	Household with one student away	Household with two students away	Household with three or more students away
Birmingham E08000025	415,948	6,518	866	124
Leeds E08000035	334,699	5,821	843	103
North Yorkshire E06000065	266,588	6,487	1,165	141
Cornwall E06000052	245,113	4,654	707	61
Somerset E06000066	243,911	5,204	905	100
County Durham E06000047	230,659	3,553	500	48
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	227,575	3,742	580	53
Buckinghamshire E06000060	211,441	7,305	1,425	157
Manchester E08000003	211,129	3,086	454	63
Wiltshire E06000054	208,042	5,592	1,256	192
Bradford E08000032	205,831	3,442	519	75
Liverpool E08000012	204,851	2,326	281	33
Bristol, City of E06000023	188,017	3,107	463	51
Kirklees E08000034	174,432	3,074	441	41
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	170,381	2,952	467	42
Cheshire East E06000049	169,801	4,271	721	63
West Northamptonshire E06000062	167,885	4,028	639	88
Dorset E06000059	165,001	3,511	652	95
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	151,047	3,524	539	48
Wakefield E08000036	150,458	2,281	304	32
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	148,519	3,073	441	33
Croydon E09000008	148,504	3,901	483	58
North Northamptonshire E06000061	145,320	3,090	461	47
Cardiff W06000015	143,981	2,908	409	34
Northumberland E06000057	143,768	2,611	486	57
Barnet E09000003	143,326	4,696	803	92
Wigan E08000010	140,713	2,112	255	28
Wirral E08000015	140,235	2,613	374	28
Shropshire E06000051	136,028	2,965	524	62
Dudley E08000027	134,972	1,853	222	22
Wandsworth E09000032	133,576	2,946	732	142
Lambeth E09000022	131,770	2,460	399	59
Bromley E09000006	131,503	3,739	547	38
Coventry E08000026	131,407	2,398	300	35
Doncaster E08000017	131,125	2,080	254	21
Ealing E09000009	129,833	3,271	506	49
Sandwell E08000028	128,400	1,626	189	31
Southwark E09000028	127,876	2,524	364	54
Leicester E06000016	124,895	2,206	254	33
Stockport E08000007	123,552	2,691	373	31
Cumberland E06000063	123,047	2,051	297	31
Nottingham E06000018	122,503	1,963	246	33
Sefton E08000014	120,712	2,048	276	40
Sunderland E08000024	120,551	1,421	183	22
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	120,437	2,009	306	45
Lewisham E09000023	119,525	2,530	291	46
Tower Hamlets E09000030	119,304	1,074	129	30
Brighton and Hove E06000043	118,366	2,603	406	28
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	117,677	2,651	386	41
Enfield E09000010	117,182	3,272	423	46
Bolton E08000001	116,451	2,032	269	39
Brent E09000005	115,531	2,650	362	70
South Gloucestershire E06000025	115,352	2,341	371	37
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	114,122	1,156	168	28
Salford E08000006	113,397	1,440	238	40
Newham E09000025	113,262	1,968	227	50
Plymouth E06000026	112,766	1,524	242	26
Rotherham E08000018	112,089	1,605	208	23
Greenwich E09000011	111,137	2,493	376	46
Walsall E08000030	110,389	1,611	201	25
Milton Keynes E06000042	109,601	2,995	454	52
Medway E06000035	109,158	2,024	248	28
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	109,064	1,165	153	20
East Suffolk E07000244	108,152	2,219	339	37
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	106,425	1,402	202	24
Hillingdon E09000017	106,183	2,652	358	34
Hackney E09000012	103,969	1,837	243	33
Derby E06000015	103,701	1,699	229	23
Wolverhampton E08000031	103,299	1,644	181	18
Swansea W06000011	102,639	2,005	284	34
Haringey E09000014	102,307	2,376	381	29
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	101,662	1,485	175	18
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	101,227	1,938	324	40
Waltham Forest E09000031	100,845	1,839	198	20
Southampton E06000045	100,648	1,445	175	23
Redbridge E09000026	100,572	2,755	353	33
Hounslow E09000018	100,213	2,380	338	30
Havering E09000016	99,058	1,978	218	23
Tameside E08000008	97,904	1,440	163	21
Islington E09000019	94,697	1,534	245	20
North Tyneside E08000022	94,579	1,449	184	19
Swindon E06000030	93,741	1,825	261	32
Trafford E08000009	93,265	2,571	400	33
Bexley E09000004	92,793	2,182	298	27
Westminster E09000033	92,524	1,832	396	63
North Somerset E06000024	92,434	1,858	332	24
Oldham E08000004	91,442	1,514	164	20
Camden E09000007	90,435	1,945	333	46
Rochdale E08000005	88,579	1,427	192	23
Calderdale E08000033	88,506	1,719	231	20
Warrington E06000007	88,248	1,978	295	15
Gateshead E08000037	87,721	1,129	134	15
Solihull E08000029	87,137	2,044	284	18
Harrow E09000015	86,493	2,747	376	26
Portsmouth E06000044	84,704	1,246	180	25
York E06000014	83,192	1,939	311	18
Peterborough E06000031	82,447	1,806	261	17
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	82,010	1,530	200	15
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	80,720	1,760	310	37
Sutton E09000029	79,862	2,204	264	18
Carmarthenshire W06000010	79,843	1,675	206	35
St. Helens E08000013	79,645	1,206	142	20
Merton E09000024	79,102	2,197	391	39
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	78,832	1,841	463	108
Bury E08000002	78,731	1,690	243	31
Colchester E07000071	77,650	1,713	321	26
Luton E06000032	77,219	1,515	177	29
West Suffolk E07000245	77,076	1,400	235	35
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	76,914	3,084	637	70
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	76,855	1,999	363	33
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	76,600	1,517	212	15
New Forest E07000091	75,696	1,559	277	33
Caerphilly W06000018	74,989	1,128	132	7
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	74,829	1,445	221	18
Huntingdonshire E07000011	74,796	1,779	274	32
Basildon E07000066	74,757	1,411	183	11
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	74,374	1,861	343	68
Chelmsford E07000070	73,246	1,874	263	17
Bedford E06000055	72,904	1,755	267	24
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	71,972	1,690	215	26
Charnwood E07000130	71,906	1,614	247	18
North Lincolnshire E06000013	71,701	1,270	176	26
Arun E07000224	71,304	1,181	159	19
Maidstone E07000110	69,268	1,671	237	32
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	68,597	1,091	128	10
South Tyneside E08000023	67,333	830	108	15
Tendring E07000076	66,537	817	88	9
Wokingham E06000041	66,234	2,446	448	37
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	66,197	1,094	154	18
Wealden E07000065	65,979	1,852	390	45
Reading E06000038	65,953	1,494	218	18
Flintshire W06000005	65,451	1,303	142	15
Knowsley E08000011	65,314	665	80	14
East Devon E07000040	65,276	1,252	236	24
Thurrock E06000034	64,809	1,335	210	22
Newport W06000022	64,585	1,289	159	21
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	64,530	1,734	513	108
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	64,342	2,180	419	55
West Berkshire E06000037	64,313	1,850	422	75
Cherwell E07000177	63,980	1,606	270	38
Blackpool E06000009	63,891	799	87	12
East Lindsey E07000137	63,598	1,023	123	10
Isle of Wight E06000046	63,535	1,060	167	13
Braintree E07000067	63,409	1,343	213	18
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	63,291	1,990	324	21
Norwich E07000148	63,282	976	180	21
Canterbury E07000106	62,126	1,414	232	18
Torbay E06000027	61,859	980	147	9
Dacorum E07000096	61,308	1,768	308	28
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	61,278	992	96	9
Mid Sussex E07000228	61,263	1,742	302	42
Thanet E07000114	61,121	941	124	14
Bridgend W06000013	61,020	1,159	162	18
South Kesteven E07000141	61,006	1,555	260	29
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	60,721	806	92	19
Warwick E07000222	60,637	1,682	276	23
Horsham E07000227	60,219	1,770	340	41
South Norfolk E07000149	59,805	1,300	237	39
East Hertfordshire E07000242	59,790	1,870	332	29
Middlesbrough E06000002	59,436	721	95	10
Swale E07000113	59,355	988	131	21
Breckland E07000143	59,222	972	145	20
South Oxfordshire E07000179	59,068	1,931	428	71
Powys W06000023	58,659	1,316	184	23
Lancaster E07000121	58,631	1,157	175	17
Stafford E07000197	58,616	1,227	177	27
Teignbridge E07000045	58,468	1,151	203	18
Preston E07000123	58,455	1,002	132	19
Ipswich E07000202	58,386	950	158	13
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	58,226	2,202	452	51
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	57,796	1,728	303	22
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	57,633	994	124	16
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	57,450	1,689	302	24
Wrexham W06000006	56,583	1,152	158	18
Broadland E07000144	56,497	1,086	154	21
St Albans E07000240	56,043	2,417	489	41
Wychavon E07000238	55,900	1,242	196	16
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	55,876	1,314	242	18
Eastleigh E07000086	55,603	1,124	186	11
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	55,471	993	108	14
Vale of White Horse E07000180	55,319	1,726	413	40
Amber Valley E07000032	55,223	918	123	14
Halton E06000006	55,072	788	80	12
North Hertfordshire E07000099	54,922	1,524	266	21
Gloucester E07000081	54,257	996	141	13
Pembrokeshire W06000009	54,115	1,181	175	17
Ashfield E07000170	53,751	666	83	8
Guildford E07000209	53,405	1,922	395	36
Oxford E07000178	53,266	1,642	300	31
Epping Forest E07000072	53,128	1,251	171	7
Test Valley E07000093	52,960	1,359	325	64
Elmbridge E07000207	52,833	2,218	480	59
Havant E07000090	52,769	717	93	9
Chichester E07000225	52,410	1,329	323	55
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	52,408	898	100	17
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	52,120	1,046	147	20
Ashford E07000105	52,037	1,315	200	31
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	51,941	1,374	238	20
Cheltenham E07000078	51,481	1,177	225	16
Exeter E07000041	51,377	1,022	141	14
Slough E06000039	51,055	1,216	142	12
Conwy W06000003	51,030	1,065	126	14
East Hampshire E07000085	50,871	1,490	316	43
Cambridge E07000008	50,830	1,360	256	26
Stroud E07000082	50,798	1,299	251	30
Bassetlaw E07000171	50,436	887	122	14
Gedling E07000173	50,432	965	142	12
East Staffordshire E07000193	50,180	966	139	8
Waverley E07000216	50,101	1,843	449	55
Gwynedd W06000002	49,849	1,114	120	21
Wyre E07000128	49,810	844	107	6
North Kesteven E07000139	49,650	1,156	170	15
Erewash E07000036	49,538	704	87	6
Dover E07000108	49,510	890	139	9
Winchester E07000094	49,465	1,760	433	56
Chorley E07000118	49,025	949	140	18
Bracknell Forest E06000036	48,779	1,227	225	17
Worthing E07000229	48,549	838	138	13
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	48,333	973	126	12
Rushcliffe E07000176	48,068	1,491	298	26
Darlington E06000005	47,878	917	111	12
South Ribble E07000126	47,605	844	126	12
North Norfolk E07000147	47,493	727	135	19
Fareham E07000087	47,436	1,036	157	10
West Lancashire E07000127	47,400	982	139	14
Broxtowe E07000172	47,359	867	124	14
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	47,347	860	123	8
Mansfield E07000174	47,225	713	89	5
Chesterfield E07000034	47,190	774	91	5
Sevenoaks E07000111	47,189	1,478	301	43
West Oxfordshire E07000181	46,286	1,385	272	41
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	46,210	1,637	337	39
Rugby E07000220	45,723	1,096	187	7
North East Derbyshire E07000038	45,157	707	110	11
South Staffordshire E07000196	45,151	849	113	8
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	44,747	1,251	196	15
Eastbourne E07000061	44,737	732	133	8
Dartford E07000107	44,543	979	150	24
Crawley E07000226	44,535	837	117	14
Lichfield E07000194	44,534	939	146	12
Wyre Forest E07000239	44,512	713	84	11
South Derbyshire E07000039	44,109	939	183	8
North West Leicestershire E07000134	43,929	887	144	13
Great Yarmouth E07000145	43,870	586	80	9
Worcester E07000237	43,718	849	147	9
Fenland E07000010	43,366	615	95	7
Mid Suffolk E07000203	43,073	1,034	206	28
Cannock Chase E07000192	42,812	578	63	3
Lewes E07000063	42,548	944	179	17
North Devon E07000043	42,212	817	152	16
Lincoln E07000138	41,788	617	92	10
Blaby E07000129	41,645	806	115	10
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	41,517	735	96	7
Denbighshire W06000004	41,349	892	128	17
West Lindsey E07000142	41,302	893	129	21
Rother E07000064	41,177	763	145	17
Hertsmere E07000098	41,014	1,388	255	25
Spelthorne E07000213	40,825	872	101	7
Gravesham E07000109	40,757	841	112	14
Hartlepool E06000001	40,237	616	71	6
Bromsgrove E07000234	40,086	1,017	145	17
Woking E07000217	39,966	1,226	217	28
South Holland E07000140	39,905	704	84	10
Tewkesbury E07000083	39,873	877	160	21
Hastings E07000062	39,745	625	77	6
High Peak E07000037	39,699	909	155	8
Monmouthshire W06000021	39,649	1,069	191	15
Torfaen W06000020	39,530	628	75	8
Burnley E07000117	39,223	559	81	9
Cotswold E07000079	39,181	1,100	275	41
Babergh E07000200	39,111	871	193	25
Harborough E07000131	39,001	1,187	209	19
Broxbourne E07000095	38,942	797	104	7
Watford E07000103	38,454	1,027	140	7
Hart E07000089	38,358	1,313	257	36
Rushmoor E07000092	38,263	901	130	10
South Hams E07000044	38,196	922	193	23
Pendle E07000122	37,316	657	82	13
Harlow E07000073	37,169	615	64	9
Fylde E07000119	36,799	678	105	24
Castle Point E07000069	36,716	607	66	1
Forest of Dean E07000080	36,409	687	113	8
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	36,204	832	151	16
Stevenage E07000243	35,749	668	86	8
Redditch E07000236	35,699	589	86	7
Mole Valley E07000210	35,607	1,261	255	16
Uttlesford E07000077	35,510	1,186	235	27
Three Rivers E07000102	35,344	1,277	210	27
Gosport E07000088	35,258	587	70	9
Rochford E07000075	34,739	723	87	8
Bolsover E07000033	34,730	458	68	6
Mid Devon E07000042	34,706	790	126	11
Surrey Heath E07000214	34,444	1,300	242	22
Tandridge E07000215	34,318	1,112	176	17
Hyndburn E07000120	34,210	510	68	2
Malvern Hills E07000235	33,866	865	142	18
Runnymede E07000212	33,779	877	157	25
Tamworth E07000199	32,332	502	59	3
Brentwood E07000068	31,327	870	127	18
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	31,259	850	160	14
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	30,143	568	98	13
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	30,137	1,039	136	9
Ceredigion W06000008	30,043	739	99	12
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	29,915	392	30	2
Torridge E07000046	29,834	527	88	8
Rossendale E07000125	29,797	664	92	7
Boston E07000136	28,872	464	63	7
Maldon E07000074	27,264	551	76	9
Adur E07000223	27,186	427	59	5
North Warwickshire E07000218	27,067	458	51	8
Ribble Valley E07000124	25,813	785	129	20
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	25,431	313	33	6
West Devon E07000047	24,174	526	107	11
Melton E07000133	22,007	488	91	13
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	21,999	548	65	5
Rutland E06000017	16,059	516	107	12
City of London E09000001	4,837	66	11	0
Isles of Scilly E06000053	889	39	11	3
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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Household has no students away · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

889 to 41k
41k to 53k
53k to 66k
66k to 108k
108k to 416k

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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, “Households with students or schoolchildren living away during term-time (4 categories)”: This measures households where resident students or schoolchildren live away from home during term time. A schoolchild or student cannot be under 5 years old. Students or schoolchildren who board full-time at their school are counted as residents at their school's address. If they board for 3 days or less per week, they are counted as residents at their home address.