Share of disabled people: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Blackpool had the highest disability of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 25.1%.

Ribble Valley had the lowest, at 15.3%. The middle council, Rochdale, had 19.0%.

Disability for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Blackpool	25.1%
2	Wirral	22.8%
3	Knowsley	22.6%
4	St. Helens	22.3%
=5	Halton	22.1%
=5	Wyre	22.1%
7	Sefton	21.9%
8	Liverpool	21.8%
9	Hyndburn	20.8%
10	Burnley	20.6%
11	Fylde	20.5%
12	Lancaster	20.2%
=13	Tameside	20.0%
=13	Wigan	20.0%
=15	Cumberland Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	19.8%
=15	Rossendale	19.8%
17	West Lancashire	19.4%
18	Rochdale	19.0%
19	Westmorland and Furness Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	18.7%
=20	Blackburn with Darwen	18.5%
=20	Bury	18.5%
=20	Cheshire West and Chester	18.5%
=20	Chorley	18.5%
=20	Salford	18.5%
=25	Oldham	18.3%
=25	South Ribble	18.3%
27	Preston	18.2%
=28	Bolton	18.1%
=28	Stockport	18.1%
=30	Pendle	17.7%
=30	Warrington	17.7%
32	Manchester	17.5%
33	Cheshire East	17.0%
34	Trafford	16.0%
35	Ribble Valley	15.3%