Private renting: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Manchester had the highest share of households renting privately of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 32.3%.

South Ribble had the lowest, at 12.8%. The middle council, Oldham, had 17.7%.

Private rented homes for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Manchester	32.3%
2	Blackpool	31.8%
3	Salford	26.8%
4	Liverpool	26.1%
5	Burnley	24.3%
6	Hyndburn	23.1%
7	Pendle	23.0%
8	Preston	22.4%
9	Lancaster	21.7%
10	Blackburn with Darwen	20.2%
11	Fylde	19.2%
12	Wirral	18.9%
13	Rochdale	18.3%
=14	Sefton	18.2%
=14	Wyre	18.2%
16	Bolton	18.0%
=17	Bury	17.7%
=17	Oldham	17.7%
19	Tameside	17.5%
20	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.	17.1%
21	Rossendale	17.0%
22	Wigan	15.9%
23	Cheshire West and Chester	15.7%
24	Cheshire East	15.5%
25	Trafford	15.3%
26	Warrington	15.2%
27	St. Helens	15.1%
28	Ribble Valley	15.0%
29	Stockport	14.4%
=30	Halton	14.3%
=30	Knowsley	14.3%
32	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.	14.1%
=33	Chorley	13.9%
=33	West Lancashire	13.9%
35	South Ribble	12.8%