Home ownership: highest and lowest councils in South West (2021)

Stroud had the highest share of households that own their home of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 73.9%.

Isles of Scilly had the lowest, at 46.0%. The middle council, North Devon, had 68.4%.

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Owner-occupied homes for every council in South West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Stroud73.9%
2East Devon73.6%
3Forest of Dean73.5%
4South Gloucestershire73.4%
5Tewkesbury73.0%
6Teignbridge72.6%
7North Somerset72.3%
8South Hams72.1%
9West Devon71.7%
10Dorset71.4%
11Torridge70.4%
12Mid Devon68.7%
13Somerset

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.

68.5%
14North Devon68.4%
15Wiltshire68.0%
16Cornwall67.4%
17Cotswold67.3%
18Bath and North East Somerset66.3%
19Torbay65.1%
20Gloucester65.0%
21Swindon64.9%
22Cheltenham64.3%
23Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole63.5%
24Plymouth58.8%
25Exeter58.3%
26Bristol54.8%
27Isles of Scilly46.0%

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