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Households on the housing waiting list by council, England

The households on each council's housing register, its waiting list for social housing, at the end of March, from its housing statistics return to MHCLG.

E09000025

41,223

2024/25 · the council with the most

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:26 UTC
2024/25
010k20k30k40k50kNewham41,223Brent36,534Lambeth29,187Tower Hamlets28,469Wakefield27,496Birmingham25,996Greenwich25,377Cornwall23,731Bristol, City of22,464Leeds21,583Bolton21,479Sheffield19,467Manchester19,406Sandwell19,108Bradford18,357Kirklees16,914Islington16,794Liverpool14,520Haringey14,179Southwark13,351Somerset12,473Waltham Forest12,463Blackpool11,844Cumberland11,494Lewisham11,284

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub 2024/25

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

  1. 1Newham41,223
  2. 2Brent36,534
  3. 3Lambeth29,187
  4. 4Tower Hamlets28,469
  5. 5Wakefield27,496
  6. 6Birmingham25,996
  7. 7Greenwich25,377
  8. 8Cornwall23,731
  9. 9Bristol, City of22,464
  10. 10Leeds21,583
  11. 11Bolton21,479
  12. 12Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202519,467
  13. 13Manchester19,406
  14. 14Sandwell19,108
  15. 15Bradford18,357
  16. 16Kirklees16,914
  17. 17Islington16,794
  18. 18Liverpool14,520
  19. 19Haringey14,179
  20. 20Southwark13,351
  21. 21Somerset12,473
  22. 22Waltham Forest12,463
  23. 23Blackpool11,844
  24. 24Cumberland11,494
  25. 25Lewisham11,284
  26. 26Nottingham11,228
  27. 27Calderdale11,180
  28. 28Merton11,011
  29. 29Northumberland10,921
  30. 30Luton10,828
  31. 31Wigan10,295
  32. 32Coventry10,056
  33. 33Gateshead9,862
  34. 34East Staffordshire9,766
  35. 35Southampton9,668
  36. 36County Durham9,642
  37. 37Wandsworth9,543
  38. 38North Yorkshire9,530
  39. 39St. Helens8,946
  40. 40Doncaster8,929
  41. 41Croydon8,559
  42. 42Westmorland and Furness8,501
  43. 43Newcastle upon Tyne8,451
  44. 44Warrington8,435
  45. 45Camden8,380
  46. 46Derby8,288
  47. 47Wolverhampton8,260
  48. 48Stockport8,208
  49. 49Redbridge7,992
  50. 50Rochdale7,892
  51. 51Oldham7,885
  52. 52Cheshire East7,847
  53. 53Hackney7,841
  54. 54Ealing7,813
  55. 55Plymouth7,768
  56. 56North East Lincolnshire7,398
  57. 57South Gloucestershire7,360
  58. 58Shropshire7,332
  59. 59North Lincolnshire7,195
  60. 60Rotherham7,033
  61. 61Dorset6,783
  62. 62North Northamptonshire6,726
  63. 63Enfield6,656
  64. 64Kingston upon Hull, City of6,620
  65. 65Westminster6,452
  66. 66Bath and North East Somerset6,423
  67. 67Cheshire West and Chester5,931
  68. 68Wyre5,744
  69. 69Stratford-on-Avon5,538
  70. 70East Riding of Yorkshire5,453
  71. 71Leicester5,398
  72. 72Bassetlaw5,342
  73. 73Trafford5,246
  74. 74Wirral5,228
  75. 75Thurrock5,114
  76. 76Mansfield5,011
  77. 77East Devon4,909
  78. 78East Suffolk4,892
  79. 79Gloucester4,753
  80. 80Salford4,565
  81. 81Blackburn with Darwen4,490
  82. 82Basingstoke and Deane4,465
  83. 83Hounslow4,375
  84. 84Brighton and Hove4,272
  85. 85Barking and Dagenham4,253
  86. 86Worcester4,187
  87. 87Barnsley, its area before 1 April 20254,138
  88. 88Preston4,034
  89. 89Wiltshire3,999
  90. 90North Tyneside3,934
  91. 91South Tyneside3,882
  92. 92Dudley3,852
  93. 93Ashfield3,847
  94. 94Reading3,682
  95. 95Nuneaton and Bedworth3,626
  96. 96Sunderland3,622
  97. 97Wyre Forest3,584
  98. 98Barnet3,485
  99. 99South Oxfordshire3,449
  100. 100Bromley3,430
  101. 101Braintree3,428
  102. 102Welwyn Hatfield3,388
  103. 103Sefton3,382
  104. 104Solihull3,293
  105. 105Swindon3,270
  106. 106Medway3,252
  107. 107Norwich3,211
  108. 108West Lindsey3,186
  109. 109Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole3,144
  110. 110Huntingdonshire3,041
  111. 111Bury3,035
  112. 112Walsall3,012
  113. 113Central Bedfordshire2,980
  114. 114Stockton-on-Tees2,961
  115. 115Kensington and Chelsea2,930
  116. 116Vale of White Horse2,904
  117. 117Richmond upon Thames2,880
  118. 118Middlesbrough2,878
  119. 119Sutton2,870
  120. 120Peterborough2,829
  121. 121Knowsley2,802
  122. 122Eastleigh2,773
  123. 123Bromsgrove2,755
  124. 124Buckinghamshire2,729
  125. 125Stroud2,717
  126. 126Cheltenham2,670
  127. 127Havering2,651
  128. 128Hartlepool2,650
  129. 129Isle of Wight2,593
  130. 130West Suffolk2,588
  131. 131Spelthorne2,584
  132. 132Wychavon2,569
  133. 133Hillingdon2,551
  134. 134Burnley2,543
  135. 135North Somerset2,499
  136. 136Ipswich2,468
  137. 137Bedford2,465
  138. 138Erewash2,461
  139. 139East Hertfordshire2,455
  140. 140Newark and Sherwood2,422
  141. 141Chichester2,421
  142. 142Elmbridge2,395
  143. 143Test Valley2,387
  144. 144Basildon2,376
  145. =145Chesterfield2,333
  146. =145Mid Sussex2,333
  147. 147Slough2,309
  148. 148North Kesteven2,307
  149. 149Amber Valley2,273
  150. 150Guildford2,268
  151. 151Redcar and Cleveland2,267
  152. 152Newcastle-under-Lyme2,257
  153. 153West Oxfordshire2,251
  154. 154Oxford2,243
  155. 155Stoke-on-Trent2,215
  156. 156North Devon2,213
  157. 157North Norfolk2,199
  158. 158North Hertfordshire2,191
  159. 159Cherwell2,183
  160. 160Darlington2,141
  161. 161Harrow2,122
  162. 162Worthing2,106
  163. 163Hammersmith and Fulham2,079
  164. 164New Forest2,034
  165. 165South Ribble2,011
  166. 166Hyndburn2,002
  167. =167South Cambridgeshire1,956
  168. =167Tandridge1,956
  169. 169Mid Devon1,927
  170. 170Harlow1,919
  171. 171Pendle1,912
  172. 172Rushmoor1,874
  173. 173Tendring1,857
  174. 174Chelmsford1,855
  175. 175Kingston upon Thames1,835
  176. 176Torbay1,819
  177. 177Swale1,816
  178. 178Cambridge1,810
  179. 179Exeter1,796
  180. 180Tewkesbury1,780
  181. 181Cotswold1,775
  182. 182Fenland1,756
  183. 183Colchester1,730
  184. =184Crawley1,721
  185. =184Hastings1,721
  186. 186East Hampshire1,699
  187. =187Broxbourne1,686
  188. =187Forest of Dean1,686
  189. 189North East Derbyshire1,667
  190. 190Warwick1,664
  191. 191Arun1,655
  192. =192Lincoln1,643
  193. =192Rossendale1,643
  194. 194Bexley1,640
  195. 195Halton1,621
  196. 196Winchester1,607
  197. 197West Northamptonshire1,601
  198. 198Maidstone1,595
  199. 199Chorley1,565
  200. 200East Lindsey1,536
  201. 201High Peak1,520
  202. 202Teignbridge1,512
  203. 203Portsmouth1,504
  204. 204South Hams1,490
  205. 205Havant1,486
  206. 206Bracknell Forest1,479
  207. 207Ashford1,478
  208. 208Dartford1,464
  209. 209Epsom and Ewell1,456
  210. 210Dacorum1,448
  211. 211Rother1,396
  212. 212Dover1,389
  213. 213Uttlesford1,374
  214. 214Milton Keynes1,372
  215. 215Southend-on-Sea1,359
  216. 216Canterbury1,356
  217. 217Hart1,336
  218. 218West Lancashire1,331
  219. 219Stevenage1,311
  220. 220Wokingham1,295
  221. 221Hinckley and Bosworth1,267
  222. 222Lancaster1,251
  223. 223East Cambridgeshire1,248
  224. 224York1,243
  225. 225Epping Forest1,241
  226. 226Torridge1,234
  227. 227Watford1,232
  228. 228Malvern Hills1,220
  229. 229Thanet1,219
  230. 230Tameside1,215
  231. 231Oadby and Wigston1,207
  232. 232Woking1,196
  233. 233Derbyshire Dales1,186
  234. 234South Kesteven1,183
  235. 235King's Lynn and West Norfolk1,180
  236. 236Boston1,177
  237. 237Folkestone and Hythe1,156
  238. 238Charnwood1,143
  239. 239Runnymede1,122
  240. 240Broxtowe1,121
  241. 241Eastbourne1,107
  242. 242Redditch1,095
  243. 243Breckland1,089
  244. 244Babergh1,067
  245. 245Reigate and Banstead1,062
  246. 246Great Yarmouth1,050
  247. 247Three Rivers1,040
  248. 248Adur1,033
  249. 249Gravesham1,023
  250. 250Staffordshire Moorlands1,017
  251. 251Sevenoaks1,016
  252. 252West Berkshire979
  253. 253Herefordshire, County of965
  254. 254West Devon955
  255. 255Wealden929
  256. 256Mid Suffolk928
  257. 257Cannock Chase918
  258. 258Blaby908
  259. 259South Staffordshire873
  260. 260Broadland869
  261. 261Windsor and Maidenhead823
  262. 262North West Leicestershire822
  263. 263South Holland820
  264. 264Maldon818
  265. 265South Derbyshire805
  266. 266City of London800
  267. 267Ribble Valley795
  268. 268Fylde789
  269. 269South Norfolk788
  270. =270Rochford751
  271. =270Waverley751
  272. 272Castle Point748
  273. 273Gedling721
  274. 274Hertsmere717
  275. 275Horsham716
  276. 276Harborough675
  277. 277Mole Valley653
  278. 278Tunbridge Wells639
  279. 279Rushcliffe637
  280. 280Lewes600
  281. 281Melton588
  282. 282Lichfield583
  283. 283Rutland566
  284. 284Gosport553
  285. 285Tamworth532
  286. 286Surrey Heath499
  287. 287Rugby465
  288. 288Bolsover398
  289. 289North Warwickshire341
  290. 290St Albans330
  291. 291Fareham293
  292. 292Tonbridge and Malling265
  293. 293Brentwood261
  294. 294Stafford100
  295. 295Isles of Scilly81
  296. 296Telford and Wrekin0

No figure published for Barnsley (given under its old code, E08000016), Sheffield (given under its old code, E08000019).

Counts follow the size of the place, so the largest places tend to come first.

Data table

296 rows

Area2024/25
Newham E0900002541,223
Brent E0900000536,534
Lambeth E0900002229,187
Tower Hamlets E0900003028,469
Wakefield E0800003627,496
Birmingham E0800002525,996
Greenwich E0900001125,377
Cornwall E0600005223,731
Bristol, City of E0600002322,464
Leeds E0800003521,583
Bolton E0800000121,479
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 202519,467
Manchester E0800000319,406
Sandwell E0800002819,108
Bradford E0800003218,357
Kirklees E0800003416,914
Islington E0900001916,794
Liverpool E0800001214,520
Haringey E0900001414,179
Southwark E0900002813,351
Somerset E0600006612,473
Waltham Forest E0900003112,463
Blackpool E0600000911,844
Cumberland E0600006311,494
Lewisham E0900002311,284
Nottingham E0600001811,228
Calderdale E0800003311,180
Merton E0900002411,011
Northumberland E0600005710,921
Luton E0600003210,828
Wigan E0800001010,295
Coventry E0800002610,056
Gateshead E080000379,862
East Staffordshire E070001939,766
Southampton E060000459,668
County Durham E060000479,642
Wandsworth E090000329,543
North Yorkshire E060000659,530
St. Helens E080000138,946
Doncaster E080000178,929
Croydon E090000088,559
Westmorland and Furness E060000648,501
Newcastle upon Tyne E080000218,451
Warrington E060000078,435
Camden E090000078,380
Derby E060000158,288
Wolverhampton E080000318,260
Stockport E080000078,208
Redbridge E090000267,992
Rochdale E080000057,892
Oldham E080000047,885
Cheshire East E060000497,847
Hackney E090000127,841
Ealing E090000097,813
Plymouth E060000267,768
North East Lincolnshire E060000127,398
South Gloucestershire E060000257,360
Shropshire E060000517,332
North Lincolnshire E060000137,195
Rotherham E080000187,033
Dorset E060000596,783
North Northamptonshire E060000616,726
Enfield E090000106,656
Kingston upon Hull, City of E060000106,620
Westminster E090000336,452
Bath and North East Somerset E060000226,423
Cheshire West and Chester E060000505,931
Wyre E070001285,744
Stratford-on-Avon E070002215,538
East Riding of Yorkshire E060000115,453
Leicester E060000165,398
Bassetlaw E070001715,342
Trafford E080000095,246
Wirral E080000155,228
Thurrock E060000345,114
Mansfield E070001745,011
East Devon E070000404,909
East Suffolk E070002444,892
Gloucester E070000814,753
Salford E080000064,565
Blackburn with Darwen E060000084,490
Basingstoke and Deane E070000844,465
Hounslow E090000184,375
Brighton and Hove E060000434,272
Barking and Dagenham E090000024,253
Worcester E070002374,187
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 20254,138
Preston E070001234,034
Wiltshire E060000543,999
North Tyneside E080000223,934
South Tyneside E080000233,882
Dudley E080000273,852
Ashfield E070001703,847
Reading E060000383,682
Nuneaton and Bedworth E070002193,626
Sunderland E080000243,622
Wyre Forest E070002393,584
Barnet E090000033,485
South Oxfordshire E070001793,449
Bromley E090000063,430
Braintree E070000673,428
Welwyn Hatfield E070002413,388
Sefton E080000143,382
Solihull E080000293,293
Swindon E060000303,270
Medway E060000353,252
Norwich E070001483,211
West Lindsey E070001423,186
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E060000583,144
Huntingdonshire E070000113,041
Bury E080000023,035
Walsall E080000303,012
Central Bedfordshire E060000562,980
Stockton-on-Tees E060000042,961
Kensington and Chelsea E090000202,930
Vale of White Horse E070001802,904
Richmond upon Thames E090000272,880
Middlesbrough E060000022,878
Sutton E090000292,870
Peterborough E060000312,829
Knowsley E080000112,802
Eastleigh E070000862,773
Bromsgrove E070002342,755
Buckinghamshire E060000602,729
Stroud E070000822,717
Cheltenham E070000782,670
Havering E090000162,651
Hartlepool E060000012,650
Isle of Wight E060000462,593
West Suffolk E070002452,588
Spelthorne E070002132,584
Wychavon E070002382,569
Hillingdon E090000172,551
Burnley E070001172,543
North Somerset E060000242,499
Ipswich E070002022,468
Bedford E060000552,465
Erewash E070000362,461
East Hertfordshire E070002422,455
Newark and Sherwood E070001752,422
Chichester E070002252,421
Elmbridge E070002072,395
Test Valley E070000932,387
Basildon E070000662,376
Chesterfield E070000342,333
Mid Sussex E070002282,333
Slough E060000392,309
North Kesteven E070001392,307
Amber Valley E070000322,273
Guildford E070002092,268
Redcar and Cleveland E060000032,267
Newcastle-under-Lyme E070001952,257
West Oxfordshire E070001812,251
Oxford E070001782,243
Stoke-on-Trent E060000212,215
North Devon E070000432,213
North Norfolk E070001472,199
North Hertfordshire E070000992,191
Cherwell E070001772,183
Darlington E060000052,141
Harrow E090000152,122
Worthing E070002292,106
Hammersmith and Fulham E090000132,079
New Forest E070000912,034
South Ribble E070001262,011
Hyndburn E070001202,002
South Cambridgeshire E070000121,956
Tandridge E070002151,956
Mid Devon E070000421,927
Harlow E070000731,919
Pendle E070001221,912
Rushmoor E070000921,874
Tendring E070000761,857
Chelmsford E070000701,855
Kingston upon Thames E090000211,835
Torbay E060000271,819
Swale E070001131,816
Cambridge E070000081,810
Exeter E070000411,796
Tewkesbury E070000831,780
Cotswold E070000791,775
Fenland E070000101,756
Colchester E070000711,730
Hastings E070000621,721
Crawley E070002261,721
East Hampshire E070000851,699
Forest of Dean E070000801,686
Broxbourne E070000951,686
North East Derbyshire E070000381,667
Warwick E070002221,664
Arun E070002241,655
Rossendale E070001251,643
Lincoln E070001381,643
Bexley E090000041,640
Halton E060000061,621
Winchester E070000941,607
West Northamptonshire E060000621,601
Maidstone E070001101,595
Chorley E070001181,565
East Lindsey E070001371,536
High Peak E070000371,520
Teignbridge E070000451,512
Portsmouth E060000441,504
South Hams E070000441,490
Havant E070000901,486
Bracknell Forest E060000361,479
Ashford E070001051,478
Dartford E070001071,464
Epsom and Ewell E070002081,456
Dacorum E070000961,448
Rother E070000641,396
Dover E070001081,389
Uttlesford E070000771,374
Milton Keynes E060000421,372
Southend-on-Sea E060000331,359
Canterbury E070001061,356
Hart E070000891,336
West Lancashire E070001271,331
Stevenage E070002431,311
Wokingham E060000411,295
Hinckley and Bosworth E070001321,267
Lancaster E070001211,251
East Cambridgeshire E070000091,248
York E060000141,243
Epping Forest E070000721,241
Torridge E070000461,234
Watford E070001031,232
Malvern Hills E070002351,220
Thanet E070001141,219
Tameside E080000081,215
Oadby and Wigston E070001351,207
Woking E070002171,196
Derbyshire Dales E070000351,186
South Kesteven E070001411,183
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E070001461,180
Boston E070001361,177
Folkestone and Hythe E070001121,156
Charnwood E070001301,143
Runnymede E070002121,122
Broxtowe E070001721,121
Eastbourne E070000611,107
Redditch E070002361,095
Breckland E070001431,089
Babergh E070002001,067
Reigate and Banstead E070002111,062
Great Yarmouth E070001451,050
Three Rivers E070001021,040
Adur E070002231,033
Gravesham E070001091,023
Staffordshire Moorlands E070001981,017
Sevenoaks E070001111,016
West Berkshire E06000037979
Herefordshire, County of E06000019965
West Devon E07000047955
Wealden E07000065929
Mid Suffolk E07000203928
Cannock Chase E07000192918
Blaby E07000129908
South Staffordshire E07000196873
Broadland E07000144869
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040823
North West Leicestershire E07000134822
South Holland E07000140820
Maldon E07000074818
South Derbyshire E07000039805
City of London E09000001800
Ribble Valley E07000124795
Fylde E07000119789
South Norfolk E07000149788
Rochford E07000075751
Waverley E07000216751
Castle Point E07000069748
Gedling E07000173721
Hertsmere E07000098717
Horsham E07000227716
Harborough E07000131675
Mole Valley E07000210653
Tunbridge Wells E07000116639
Rushcliffe E07000176637
Lewes E07000063600
Melton E07000133588
Lichfield E07000194583
Rutland E06000017566
Gosport E07000088553
Tamworth E07000199532
Surrey Heath E07000214499
Rugby E07000220465
Bolsover E07000033398
North Warwickshire E07000218341
St Albans E07000240330
Fareham E07000087293
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115265
Brentwood E07000068261
Stafford E07000197100
Isles of Scilly E0600005381
Telford and Wrekin E060000200
Barnsley E08000038given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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2024/25 · 294 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

  • 0 to 1,156
  • 1,156 to 1,810
  • 1,810 to 2,829
  • 2,829 to 7,033
  • 7,033 to 41k

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, 1 November 2026, 12:26 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:26 UTC; 296 of 296 figures matched the live source.

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PassProvenance recordedMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:17:51Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures296 of 296 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers296 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure296 of 296 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2025-03-31 ended 580 days before retrieval (limit 850), from Local Authority Housing Statistics open data 1978-79 to 2024-25
PassThe year's tables agree (Section C)306 of 306 councils' figures and the regions' and England's sums match https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2bdee0d95ffddb05d4af4a/Local_Authority_Housing_Statistics_2024_25.xlsx exactly
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-open-data – HTTP 200

Notes

  • From the returns each council in England makes to MHCLG for the year to 31 March, on the council it made its return as. A council that keeps no housing revenue account, having transferred its homes, answers many questions with not applicable.
  • Councils set their own rules on who may join the register, so the lists are not alike between councils.