Private renting: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Brighton and Hove had the highest share of households renting privately of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 32.7%.

Havant had the lowest, at 12.4%. The middle council, West Oxfordshire, had 17.9%.

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Private rented homes for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Brighton and Hove	32.7%
2	Oxford	32.2%
3	Reading	31.9%
4	Slough	30.7%
5	Southampton	29.2%
=6	Hastings	28.6%
=6	Portsmouth	28.6%
8	Eastbourne	26.6%
9	Thanet	26.3%
10	Folkestone and Hythe	22.5%
=11	Canterbury	22.0%
=11	Worthing	22.0%
13	Rushmoor	21.5%
14	Woking	21.1%
15	Milton Keynes	20.9%
16	Isle of Wight	20.7%
17	Windsor and Maidenhead	20.6%
18	Medway	20.2%
=19	Cherwell	19.8%
=19	Crawley	19.8%
21	Guildford	19.6%
22	Tunbridge Wells	19.2%
=23	Gravesham	19.1%
=23	Runnymede	19.1%
25	Dover	19.0%
26	Gosport	18.7%
27	Swale	18.4%
28	Arun	18.2%
=29	Chichester	18.1%
=29	Dartford	18.1%
=31	Spelthorne	17.9%
=31	West Oxfordshire	17.9%
33	Ashford	17.7%
34	Winchester	17.6%
35	Elmbridge	17.5%
36	Maidstone	17.3%
37	West Berkshire	17.1%
38	Lewes	16.9%
39	Rother	16.2%
40	Epsom and Ewell	16.1%
41	South Oxfordshire	15.9%
=42	Bracknell Forest	15.7%
=42	Buckinghamshire	15.7%
=42	Reigate and Banstead	15.7%
=42	Vale of White Horse	15.7%
=46	Basingstoke and Deane	15.4%
=46	Surrey Heath	15.4%
48	Mid Sussex	15.3%
=49	Adur	14.8%
=49	Test Valley	14.8%
51	Waverley	14.7%
52	Horsham	14.5%
53	New Forest	14.3%
=54	Mole Valley	14.1%
=54	Wokingham	14.1%
56	Eastleigh	13.9%
57	Hart	13.6%
58	Wealden	13.5%
59	Sevenoaks	13.4%
60	Tandridge	13.3%
61	East Hampshire	13.0%
62	Fareham	12.6%
63	Tonbridge and Malling	12.5%
64	Havant	12.4%

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