Veterans in the household by council, Census 2021

Households of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by veterans in the household, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Number of people in household who previously served in UK armed forces (5 categories)”).

No people in the household previously served in UK armed forces, highest: Birmingham

406,610

Census Day, 21 March 2021

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

Veterans 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 in the household previously served in UK armed forces	1 person in the household previously served in UK armed forces	2 people in the household previously served in UK armed forces	3 or more people in the household previously served in UK armed forces
Birmingham E08000025	406,610	16,413	416	17
Leeds E08000035	322,019	18,898	539	9
North Yorkshire E06000065	246,768	26,119	1,463	32
Somerset E06000066	224,159	24,594	1,336	32
Cornwall E06000052	222,337	26,623	1,542	33
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	219,446	12,171	312	21
County Durham E06000047	213,365	20,561	816	19
Manchester E08000003	207,430	7,097	197	7
Buckinghamshire E06000060	206,081	13,692	545	10
Bradford E08000032	197,962	11,593	301	10
Liverpool E08000012	195,656	11,516	299	18
Wiltshire E06000054	186,246	26,918	1,886	31
Bristol, City of E06000023	182,685	8,697	246	6
Kirklees E08000034	166,743	10,918	317	12
Cheshire East E06000049	162,702	11,749	386	19
West Northamptonshire E06000062	160,742	11,423	462	13
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	158,882	14,423	522	15
Croydon E09000008	148,031	4,805	104	6
Dorset E06000059	147,977	20,219	1,042	23
Barnet E09000003	145,201	3,616	92	8
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	142,511	12,179	452	15
Wakefield E08000036	142,009	10,660	396	10
Cardiff W06000015	139,234	7,836	259	4
North Northamptonshire E06000061	137,187	11,283	441	7
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	135,571	15,687	795	13
Wandsworth E09000032	133,483	3,800	107	3
Wigan E08000010	133,389	9,417	291	9
Northumberland E06000057	132,229	14,055	627	11
Lambeth E09000022	131,756	2,864	65	3
Wirral E08000015	130,592	12,231	414	15
Ealing E09000009	130,559	2,988	100	12
Bromley E09000006	129,429	6,262	134	2
Dudley E08000027	129,036	7,852	177	4
Southwark E09000028	128,148	2,605	40	25
Coventry E08000026	127,480	6,464	189	6
Shropshire E06000051	125,779	13,077	711	12
Sandwell E08000028	124,600	5,500	136	8
Leicester E06000016	123,101	4,143	134	12
Doncaster E08000017	121,478	11,486	495	21
Lewisham E09000023	119,584	2,735	69	4
Stockport E08000007	119,023	7,409	209	3
Tower Hamlets E09000030	118,696	1,801	40	2
Nottingham E06000018	118,377	6,193	168	7
Enfield E09000010	117,765	3,059	92	7
Brent E09000005	116,651	1,899	54	7
Brighton and Hove E06000043	116,110	5,168	120	0
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	114,622	7,930	236	11
Cumberland E06000063	114,131	10,827	457	10
Newham E09000025	113,553	1,874	66	14
Sefton E08000014	112,781	9,959	327	7
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	112,594	7,856	301	5
Sunderland E08000024	111,842	9,994	336	7
Bolton E08000001	111,771	6,819	190	10
Greenwich E09000011	109,895	3,961	189	7
Salford E08000006	109,366	5,602	144	6
South Gloucestershire E06000025	109,218	8,534	341	8
Milton Keynes E06000042	106,895	5,946	259	2
Rotherham E08000018	106,057	7,607	252	10
Walsall E08000030	105,984	6,107	133	2
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	105,901	9,253	314	4
Hillingdon E09000017	104,647	4,432	147	2
Hackney E09000012	104,522	1,535	20	5
Medway E06000035	103,328	7,837	292	1
Haringey E09000014	103,304	1,742	40	6
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	103,254	6,940	201	6
Redbridge E09000026	101,035	2,623	49	6
Waltham Forest E09000031	100,531	2,306	56	8
East Suffolk E07000244	100,134	10,229	375	6
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	100,037	7,735	271	10
Wolverhampton E08000031	99,851	5,167	116	5
Hounslow E09000018	99,644	3,192	112	13
Derby E06000015	99,133	6,308	207	4
Plymouth E06000026	97,572	15,964	997	26
Swansea W06000011	97,318	7,376	260	8
Havering E09000016	96,408	4,764	101	4
Southampton E06000045	96,278	5,828	176	9
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	95,816	7,261	258	4
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	95,107	8,071	348	3
Islington E09000019	94,896	1,559	35	4
Tameside E08000008	93,076	6,274	171	6
Westminster E09000033	92,717	2,067	29	2
Trafford E08000009	91,176	4,960	127	6
Camden E09000007	90,967	1,757	32	3
Bexley E09000004	90,532	4,665	101	3
North Tyneside E08000022	87,791	8,141	296	4
Oldham E08000004	87,456	5,524	154	6
Harrow E09000015	87,053	2,496	88	5
Swindon E06000030	87,034	8,270	543	15
North Somerset E06000024	85,841	8,428	373	6
Rochdale E08000005	84,767	5,294	158	4
Calderdale E08000033	84,219	6,069	182	7
Warrington E06000007	84,113	6,180	237	8
Solihull E08000029	83,878	5,482	121	3
Gateshead E08000037	81,998	6,773	223	6
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	79,104	2,090	49	0
Merton E09000024	78,985	2,679	60	5
Sutton E09000029	78,929	3,339	79	3
York E06000014	78,530	6,608	311	10
Peterborough E06000031	78,297	5,939	290	7
Portsmouth E06000044	77,411	8,321	419	4
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	77,325	3,306	70	3
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	76,088	7,291	368	14
Luton E06000032	75,962	2,882	95	1
Bury E08000002	75,839	4,707	147	2
St. Helens E08000013	74,975	5,848	186	2
Carmarthenshire W06000010	74,900	6,557	291	11
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	73,788	4,449	103	5
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	73,779	8,583	455	11
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	73,733	5,333	181	3
Colchester E07000071	72,902	6,540	261	7
Basildon E07000066	72,380	3,875	104	3
West Suffolk E07000245	72,349	6,132	261	3
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	71,838	1,995	63	6
Chelmsford E07000070	70,981	4,317	101	4
Bedford E06000055	70,518	4,256	173	2
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	70,206	6,149	279	12
Caerphilly W06000018	70,196	5,828	225	8
Huntingdonshire E07000011	69,455	6,907	510	8
New Forest E07000091	69,359	7,883	322	2
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	69,002	7,083	416	8
Charnwood E07000130	68,875	4,740	164	6
North Lincolnshire E06000013	65,953	6,901	315	4
Maidstone E07000110	65,895	5,122	185	5
Arun E07000224	65,688	6,739	230	4
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	65,182	1,674	28	0
Wokingham E06000041	64,840	4,163	154	7
Reading E06000038	64,218	3,347	109	9
Thurrock E06000034	63,250	3,040	86	2
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	63,187	6,363	271	5
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	63,134	2,432	59	1
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	62,568	4,264	158	7
Wealden E07000065	62,397	5,669	195	5
South Tyneside E08000023	62,085	6,021	177	5
Tendring E07000076	61,428	5,846	167	10
West Berkshire E06000037	61,396	5,062	196	4
Knowsley E08000011	61,156	4,761	155	1
Newport W06000022	61,136	4,752	160	6
Norwich E07000148	60,921	3,432	106	0
Cherwell E07000177	60,797	4,864	229	4
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	60,616	6,516	320	12
Braintree E07000067	60,547	4,290	145	4
Flintshire W06000005	60,512	6,098	293	8
Dacorum E07000096	59,707	3,602	100	3
Blackpool E06000009	59,176	5,425	183	5
Warwick E07000222	59,025	3,485	106	1
Mid Sussex E07000228	58,925	4,293	130	1
Canterbury E07000106	58,874	4,746	166	7
East Devon E07000040	58,822	7,561	394	13
East Hertfordshire E07000242	58,779	3,176	64	1
Isle of Wight E06000046	58,046	6,448	276	5
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	57,508	4,685	174	7
Horsham E07000227	57,502	4,705	162	3
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	57,069	3,751	109	3
Bridgend W06000013	56,996	5,084	263	15
East Lindsey E07000137	56,860	7,432	452	10
Thanet E07000114	56,733	5,279	181	7
South Oxfordshire E07000179	56,589	4,711	197	0
Torbay E06000027	56,485	6,269	230	7
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	56,329	3,438	81	1
St Albans E07000240	56,186	2,736	67	1
Swale E07000113	56,004	4,353	136	2
South Norfolk E07000149	55,977	5,197	204	2
Preston E07000123	55,967	3,522	110	6
Middlesbrough E06000002	55,920	4,168	170	5
Ipswich E07000202	55,424	3,948	128	7
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	55,418	3,240	106	3
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	55,022	6,335	277	5
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	54,883	4,415	164	2
South Kesteven E07000141	54,857	7,416	567	9
Powys W06000023	54,785	5,146	245	6
Lancaster E07000121	54,780	5,001	195	4
Stafford E07000197	54,398	5,365	281	3
Breckland E07000143	53,435	6,520	396	8
Teignbridge E07000045	53,424	6,111	299	4
North Hertfordshire E07000099	53,416	3,228	86	2
Wrexham W06000006	53,209	4,524	176	5
Oxford E07000178	53,028	2,127	75	8
Vale of White Horse E07000180	52,679	4,589	229	2
Elmbridge E07000207	52,598	2,918	70	4
Wychavon E07000238	52,562	4,624	168	2
Amber Valley E07000032	52,434	3,716	123	3
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	52,334	4,098	149	5
Epping Forest E07000072	52,009	2,488	60	0
Guildford E07000209	51,987	3,629	143	1
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	51,955	5,229	262	4
Broadland E07000144	51,954	5,544	254	8
Eastleigh E07000086	51,890	4,834	196	4
Halton E06000006	51,163	4,617	168	3
Slough E06000039	50,949	1,425	44	5
Gloucester E07000081	50,621	4,525	255	5
Ashfield E07000170	50,386	3,968	152	2
Cambridge E07000008	50,348	2,055	69	0
Pembrokeshire W06000009	50,039	5,184	261	4
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	49,680	3,796	94	3
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	49,488	3,793	138	4
Chichester E07000225	48,920	4,985	207	6
Ashford E07000105	48,911	4,460	201	11
Cheltenham E07000078	48,808	3,907	180	5
Test Valley E07000093	48,633	5,732	336	7
Exeter E07000041	48,480	3,924	149	1
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	48,467	4,624	237	3
Waverley E07000216	48,433	3,863	152	1
Stroud E07000082	47,878	4,290	207	3
Gedling E07000173	47,839	3,574	132	6
East Staffordshire E07000193	47,612	3,551	124	3
Gwynedd W06000002	47,175	3,790	133	7
East Hampshire E07000085	47,126	5,295	291	6
Conwy W06000003	46,931	5,103	198	5
Bassetlaw E07000171	46,848	4,406	195	9
Havant E07000090	46,657	6,535	393	4
Winchester E07000094	46,643	4,788	279	5
Bracknell Forest E06000036	46,611	3,482	153	2
Erewash E07000036	46,384	3,800	150	2
Chorley E07000118	46,297	3,682	148	5
Rushcliffe E07000176	46,262	3,471	145	5
Worthing E07000229	45,915	3,532	92	0
Sevenoaks E07000111	45,840	3,094	77	3
Wyre E07000128	45,756	4,808	195	9
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	45,719	3,590	135	2
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	45,199	2,950	73	1
Dover E07000108	45,173	5,143	229	4
Broxtowe E07000172	44,769	3,458	130	4
West Lancashire E07000127	44,621	3,781	129	2
Chesterfield E07000034	44,587	3,364	105	2
South Ribble E07000126	44,567	3,852	165	2
Mansfield E07000174	44,243	3,621	163	3
Darlington E06000005	43,845	4,828	244	2
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	43,795	2,354	58	2
Rugby E07000220	43,642	3,238	131	1
Dartford E07000107	43,474	2,153	67	2
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	43,469	4,661	202	6
West Oxfordshire E07000181	43,202	4,501	273	6
North Norfolk E07000147	43,090	5,060	216	8
Crawley E07000226	42,926	2,501	74	1
North East Derbyshire E07000038	42,629	3,237	118	1
South Staffordshire E07000196	42,624	3,382	113	3
Lichfield E07000194	42,200	3,311	118	2
North Kesteven E07000139	41,928	8,233	815	13
South Derbyshire E07000039	41,865	3,229	144	2
Eastbourne E07000061	41,860	3,658	89	4
Wyre Forest E07000239	41,812	3,399	107	2
North West Leicestershire E07000134	41,693	3,144	131	5
Worcester E07000237	41,483	3,107	130	2
Hertsmere E07000098	40,845	1,786	51	0
Great Yarmouth E07000145	40,717	3,701	121	5
Fareham E07000087	40,534	7,437	659	9
Cannock Chase E07000192	40,199	3,152	105	1
Lewes E07000063	40,095	3,475	114	4
Mid Suffolk E07000203	40,012	4,129	200	4
Fenland E07000010	39,900	3,994	184	4
Blaby E07000129	39,551	2,932	90	2
Gravesham E07000109	39,463	2,198	61	0
Spelthorne E07000213	39,388	2,361	55	2
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	39,169	3,095	89	2
Woking E07000217	39,118	2,261	55	5
North Devon E07000043	38,656	4,326	214	0
Bromsgrove E07000234	38,406	2,756	101	2
Denbighshire W06000004	38,352	3,861	167	4
Lincoln E07000138	38,237	4,009	252	9
Rother E07000064	38,148	3,816	134	4
Watford E07000103	38,139	1,441	47	0
Broxbourne E07000095	38,116	1,697	37	0
High Peak E07000037	37,896	2,781	96	1
Hastings E07000062	37,702	2,672	79	0
Harborough E07000131	37,454	2,835	123	1
Hartlepool E06000001	37,302	3,473	151	2
Burnley E07000117	37,023	2,747	95	5
West Lindsey E07000142	37,011	4,986	342	6
Monmouthshire W06000021	36,982	3,752	188	3
Torfaen W06000020	36,765	3,317	155	3
Babergh E07000200	36,570	3,495	135	0
South Holland E07000140	36,567	3,904	229	3
Tewkesbury E07000083	36,495	4,149	275	12
Cotswold E07000079	36,488	3,908	196	5
Hart E07000089	36,238	3,528	200	1
Harlow E07000073	36,014	1,789	51	2
Pendle E07000122	35,575	2,433	57	0
Three Rivers E07000102	34,934	1,864	60	0
Castle Point E07000069	34,872	2,450	63	4
South Hams E07000044	34,675	4,388	273	0
Mole Valley E07000210	34,571	2,508	57	3
Uttlesford E07000077	34,459	2,421	77	1
Stevenage E07000243	34,390	2,046	70	3
Rushmoor E07000092	34,342	4,618	327	16
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	34,327	2,761	114	1
Redditch E07000236	33,924	2,343	106	6
Fylde E07000119	33,657	3,780	163	4
Forest of Dean E07000080	33,541	3,491	180	5
Tandridge E07000215	33,267	2,299	56	1
Rochford E07000075	33,097	2,389	70	1
Surrey Heath E07000214	33,004	2,868	135	1
Runnymede E07000212	32,882	1,909	47	0
Bolsover E07000033	32,599	2,563	98	1
Hyndburn E07000120	32,332	2,381	76	1
Mid Devon E07000042	32,251	3,241	136	5
Malvern Hills E07000235	31,720	3,030	138	4
Brentwood E07000068	30,617	1,686	39	0
Tamworth E07000199	30,505	2,305	84	1
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	30,011	2,177	93	2
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	29,732	1,538	51	0
Ceredigion W06000008	28,524	2,259	106	5
Rossendale E07000125	28,383	2,102	75	1
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	28,297	1,989	51	3
Gosport E07000088	28,292	6,942	669	19
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	27,771	2,922	129	1
Torridge E07000046	27,428	2,886	141	2
Boston E07000136	26,801	2,492	109	1
Maldon E07000074	25,914	1,928	56	2
North Warwickshire E07000218	25,550	1,963	66	1
Adur E07000223	25,393	2,223	62	0
Ribble Valley E07000124	24,798	1,884	60	5
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	24,014	1,711	54	4
West Devon E07000047	21,622	3,006	184	8
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	21,089	1,483	44	1
Melton E07000133	20,311	2,162	123	1
Rutland E06000017	14,528	2,028	135	3
City of London E09000001	4,775	139	0	0
Isles of Scilly E06000053	844	95	3	0
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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No people in the household previously served in UK armed forces · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

844 to 39k
39k to 50k
50k to 63k
63k to 103k
103k to 407k

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Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC; 1272 of 1272 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	1272 of 1272 figures and the headline reproduced
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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 in household who previously served in UK armed forces (5 categories)”: Number of people in the household who have previously served in the UK armed forces. This includes those who have served for at least one day in armed forces, either regular, reserves or Merchant Mariners who have seen duty on legally defined military operations.
The ONS's quality statement: Take care when comparing characteristics of UK armed forces veterans and non-veterans, as veterans are mainly male and older. Not adjusting for this fact can lead to misinterpretation, as variables such as health strongly relate to age and sex.