Share aged 65 and over: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Rother had the highest share of residents aged 65 and over of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 32.4%.

Slough had the lowest, at 9.7%. The middle council, Surrey Heath, had 19.7%.

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Aged 65 and over for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Rother	32.4%
2	New Forest	29.4%
3	Isle of Wight	29.2%
4	Arun	28.4%
5	Chichester	27.1%
=6	Lewes	26.5%
=6	Wealden	26.5%
8	Folkestone and Hythe	25.0%
=9	Eastbourne	24.5%
=9	Fareham	24.5%
11	Havant	24.3%
12	Dover	24.0%
13	Mole Valley	23.8%
14	Thanet	23.7%
15	Adur	23.6%
16	East Hampshire	23.1%
17	Horsham	22.8%
18	Worthing	22.4%
=19	Canterbury	21.8%
=19	Waverley	21.8%
21	West Oxfordshire	21.7%
22	Sevenoaks	21.5%
23	Gosport	21.4%
24	Test Valley	21.2%
=25	Tandridge	20.9%
=25	Winchester	20.9%
27	Mid Sussex	20.6%
28	South Oxfordshire	20.5%
29	Hastings	20.2%
30	Vale of White Horse	19.8%
=31	Hart	19.7%
=31	Surrey Heath	19.7%
33	Ashford	19.6%
=34	Eastleigh	19.5%
=34	West Berkshire	19.5%
36	Tunbridge Wells	19.4%
=37	Maidstone	19.1%
=37	Swale	19.1%
=37	Tonbridge and Malling	19.1%
40	Buckinghamshire	18.8%
41	Windsor and Maidenhead	18.5%
=42	Epsom and Ewell	18.1%
=42	Spelthorne	18.1%
44	Elmbridge	17.9%
45	Reigate and Banstead	17.7%
46	Guildford	17.5%
47	Cherwell	17.4%
48	Basingstoke and Deane	17.3%
=49	Gravesham	17.2%
=49	Runnymede	17.2%
=49	Wokingham	17.2%
52	Woking	16.6%
53	Medway	16.5%
54	Rushmoor	15.2%
55	Bracknell Forest	15.1%
56	Portsmouth	14.8%
57	Brighton and Hove	14.1%
=58	Milton Keynes	13.8%
=58	Southampton	13.8%
60	Dartford	13.7%
61	Crawley	13.3%
62	Reading	12.0%
63	Oxford	11.7%
64	Slough	9.7%

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