Most and least people in loud road or rail noise: places in South West (2021)
Bristol had the highest share of people in loud road or rail noise of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 4.0%.
Isles of Scilly had the lowest, at 0.0%. The middle council, Somerset, had 2.0%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol | 4.0% |
| 2 | South Gloucestershire | 3.5% |
| 3 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 3.4% |
| 4 | Mid Devon | 3.2% |
| =5 | Bath and North East Somerset | 2.7% |
| =5 | Stroud | 2.7% |
| =5 | West Devon | 2.7% |
| 8 | Plymouth | 2.4% |
| =9 | Exeter | 2.3% |
| =9 | Tewkesbury | 2.3% |
| 11 | North Somerset | 2.2% |
| 12 | Forest of Dean | 2.1% |
| =13 | North Devon | 2.0% |
| =13 | Somerset | 2.0% |
| =13 | Wiltshire | 2.0% |
| 16 | Cornwall | 1.6% |
| =17 | Swindon | 1.5% |
| =17 | Teignbridge | 1.5% |
| =17 | Torridge | 1.5% |
| 20 | East Devon | 1.4% |
| 21 | Gloucester | 1.3% |
| 22 | Cheltenham | 1.2% |
| =23 | Dorset | 1.0% |
| =23 | South Hams | 1.0% |
| =25 | Cotswold | 0.9% |
| =25 | Torbay | 0.9% |
| 27 | Isles of Scilly | 0.0% |
Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas. Source and method · See it on the map