Share of disabled people: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Isle of Wight had the highest share of residents limited by a long-term health problem or disability of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 23.3%.

Slough had the lowest, at 11.3%. The middle council, Mole Valley, had 15.2%.

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Disability for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Isle of Wight	23.3%
2	Thanet	22.9%
3	Hastings	22.6%
4	Folkestone and Hythe	21.8%
=5	Eastbourne	21.6%
=5	Rother	21.6%
7	Dover	21.2%
=8	Gosport	20.4%
=8	Lewes	20.4%
10	Havant	19.9%
11	Arun	19.7%
12	Canterbury	19.6%
=13	Adur	19.5%
=13	Swale	19.5%
15	Worthing	19.1%
16	Brighton and Hove	18.7%
17	New Forest	18.5%
18	Southampton	17.7%
19	Portsmouth	17.6%
20	Medway	17.4%
21	Wealden	17.3%
22	Ashford	17.1%
23	Chichester	16.9%
24	Fareham	16.8%
25	Gravesham	16.4%
26	Eastleigh	16.0%
27	Maidstone	15.9%
=28	East Hampshire	15.6%
=28	Test Valley	15.6%
30	Winchester	15.4%
31	Tonbridge and Malling	15.3%
32	Mole Valley	15.2%
33	West Oxfordshire	15.1%
=34	Basingstoke and Deane	15.0%
=34	Sevenoaks	15.0%
=34	Tunbridge Wells	15.0%
=37	Crawley	14.9%
=37	Horsham	14.9%
=37	Tandridge	14.9%
40	Milton Keynes	14.8%
=41	Vale of White Horse	14.7%
=41	West Berkshire	14.7%
43	Runnymede	14.6%
=44	Cherwell	14.5%
=44	Mid Sussex	14.5%
=44	Oxford	14.5%
=47	Rushmoor	14.3%
=47	Waverley	14.3%
49	Spelthorne	14.2%
=50	Dartford	14.0%
=50	Reigate and Banstead	14.0%
=50	South Oxfordshire	14.0%
53	Reading	13.8%
=54	Guildford	13.6%
=54	Surrey Heath	13.6%
=54	Woking	13.6%
57	Buckinghamshire	13.5%
58	Bracknell Forest	13.4%
59	Hart	12.9%
60	Epsom and Ewell	12.8%
61	Wokingham	12.5%
62	Windsor and Maidenhead	12.3%
63	Elmbridge	11.9%
64	Slough	11.3%

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