Aged 65 and over: every council in England

North Norfolk had the highest aged 65 and over of England’s 296 councils in 2021, at 33.5%.

Tower Hamlets had the lowest, at 5.6%. The middle council, Epping Forest, had 19.5%.

Aged 65 and over for every council in England, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilRegionValue
1North NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England33.5%
2RotherSouth EastSouth East32.4%
3East LindseyEast MidlandsEast Midlands30.5%
4East DevonSouth WestSouth West30.0%
=5DorsetSouth WestSouth West29.6%
=5TendringEast of EnglandEast of England29.6%
7New ForestSouth EastSouth East29.4%
8Isle of WightSouth EastSouth East29.2%
9West DevonSouth WestSouth West28.5%
=10ArunSouth EastSouth East28.4%
=10TorridgeSouth WestSouth West28.4%
12South HamsSouth WestSouth West28.3%
13Isles of ScillySouth WestSouth West28.2%
=14Derbyshire DalesEast MidlandsEast Midlands28.0%
=14Malvern HillsWest MidlandsWest Midlands28.0%
=16East SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England27.8%
=16FyldeNorth WestNorth West27.8%
18WyreNorth WestNorth West27.7%
19ChichesterSouth EastSouth East27.1%
20TeignbridgeSouth WestSouth West27.0%
21TorbaySouth WestSouth West26.7%
22BaberghEast of EnglandEast of England26.6%
=23LewesSouth EastSouth East26.5%
=23WealdenSouth EastSouth East26.5%
25East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber26.4%
26Staffordshire MoorlandsWest MidlandsWest Midlands26.2%
27CotswoldSouth WestSouth West26.1%
=28BroadlandEast of EnglandEast of England25.9%
=28HerefordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands25.9%
=28King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England25.9%
31North DevonSouth WestSouth West25.8%
32Westmorland and FurnessNorth West

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North West25.7%
=33NorthumberlandNorth EastNorth East25.4%
=33ShropshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands25.4%
=35CornwallSouth WestSouth West25.3%
=35Mid SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England25.3%
=35RutlandEast MidlandsEast Midlands25.3%
=35Wyre ForestWest MidlandsWest Midlands25.3%
=39Castle PointEast of EnglandEast of England25.2%
=39Stratford-on-AvonWest MidlandsWest Midlands25.2%
=39West LindseyEast MidlandsEast Midlands25.2%
=42Forest of DeanSouth WestSouth West25.1%
=42South StaffordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands25.1%
=44BrecklandEast of EnglandEast of England25.0%
=44Folkestone and HytheSouth EastSouth East25.0%
=44MaldonEast of EnglandEast of England25.0%
=44North YorkshireYorkshire and The Humber

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Yorkshire and The Humber25.0%
48WychavonWest MidlandsWest Midlands24.9%
=49North East DerbyshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands24.8%
=49SomersetSouth West

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South West24.8%
=51EastbourneSouth EastSouth East24.5%
=51FarehamSouth EastSouth East24.5%
=53HavantSouth EastSouth East24.3%
=53South NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England24.3%
55Ribble ValleyNorth WestNorth West24.1%
=56DoverSouth EastSouth East24.0%
=56Great YarmouthEast of EnglandEast of England24.0%
=56LichfieldWest MidlandsWest Midlands24.0%
=56Mid DevonSouth WestSouth West24.0%
=60North SomersetSouth WestSouth West23.9%
=60South HollandEast MidlandsEast Midlands23.9%
62Mole ValleySouth EastSouth East23.8%
63ThanetSouth EastSouth East23.7%
64AdurSouth EastSouth East23.6%
65MeltonEast MidlandsEast Midlands23.5%
66North KestevenEast MidlandsEast Midlands23.4%
=67Redcar and ClevelandNorth EastNorth East23.3%
=67RochfordEast of EnglandEast of England23.3%
=67StroudSouth WestSouth West23.3%
70SeftonNorth WestNorth West23.2%
=71CumberlandNorth West

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North West23.1%
=71East HampshireSouth EastSouth East23.1%
=71South KestevenEast MidlandsEast Midlands23.1%
74StaffordWest MidlandsWest Midlands23.0%
75BromsgroveWest MidlandsWest Midlands22.9%
=76FenlandEast of EnglandEast of England22.8%
=76HorshamSouth EastSouth East22.8%
78Amber ValleyEast MidlandsEast Midlands22.6%
79Newark and SherwoodEast MidlandsEast Midlands22.5%
=80Cheshire EastNorth WestNorth West22.4%
=80Hinckley and BosworthEast MidlandsEast Midlands22.4%
=80WorthingSouth EastSouth East22.4%
83TewkesburySouth WestSouth West22.3%
84BassetlawEast MidlandsEast Midlands22.1%
=85HarboroughEast MidlandsEast Midlands22.0%
=85North LincolnshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber22.0%
=85WirralNorth WestNorth West22.0%
=88North WarwickshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands21.9%
=88West LancashireNorth WestNorth West21.9%
=88WiltshireSouth WestSouth West21.9%
=91BroxtoweEast MidlandsEast Midlands21.8%
=91CanterburySouth EastSouth East21.8%
=91High PeakEast MidlandsEast Midlands21.8%
=91WaverleySouth EastSouth East21.8%
=95Newcastle-under-LymeWest MidlandsWest Midlands21.7%
=95West OxfordshireSouth EastSouth East21.7%
=97Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth WestSouth West21.6%
=97ChesterfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands21.6%
=97GedlingEast MidlandsEast Midlands21.6%
=97RushcliffeEast MidlandsEast Midlands21.6%
=97South RibbleNorth WestNorth West21.6%
102SevenoaksSouth EastSouth East21.5%
103GosportSouth EastSouth East21.4%
=104County DurhamNorth EastNorth East21.3%
=104Oadby and WigstonEast MidlandsEast Midlands21.3%
=106Cheshire West and ChesterNorth WestNorth West21.2%
=106Test ValleySouth EastSouth East21.2%
108SolihullWest MidlandsWest Midlands21.1%
=109North East LincolnshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber20.9%
=109South TynesideNorth EastNorth East20.9%
=109TandridgeSouth EastSouth East20.9%
=109WinchesterSouth EastSouth East20.9%
=113East CambridgeshireEast of EnglandEast of England20.8%
=113ErewashEast MidlandsEast Midlands20.8%
=113West SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England20.8%
116BlackpoolNorth WestNorth West20.7%
117Mid SussexSouth EastSouth East20.6%
=118BlabyEast MidlandsEast Midlands20.5%
=118ChorleyNorth WestNorth West20.5%
=118LancasterNorth WestNorth West20.5%
=118North TynesideNorth EastNorth East20.5%
=118South OxfordshireSouth EastSouth East20.5%
=118St. HelensNorth WestNorth West20.5%
=118SunderlandNorth EastNorth East20.5%
=125BostonEast MidlandsEast Midlands20.4%
=125BraintreeEast of EnglandEast of England20.4%
=125DarlingtonNorth EastNorth East20.4%
=125DudleyWest MidlandsWest Midlands20.4%
129GatesheadNorth EastNorth East20.3%
=130BolsoverEast MidlandsEast Midlands20.2%
=130BrentwoodEast of EnglandEast of England20.2%
=130HastingsSouth EastSouth East20.2%
=130HuntingdonshireEast of EnglandEast of England20.2%
=130UttlesfordEast of EnglandEast of England20.2%
=135North West LeicestershireEast MidlandsEast Midlands20.1%
=135StockportNorth WestNorth West20.1%
137Vale of White HorseSouth EastSouth East19.8%
=138AshfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands19.7%
=138HartSouth EastSouth East19.7%
=138HartlepoolNorth EastNorth East19.7%
=138Surrey HeathSouth EastSouth East19.7%
=142AshfordSouth EastSouth East19.6%
=142RotherhamYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber19.6%
=142South CambridgeshireEast of EnglandEast of England19.6%
=145BarnsleyYorkshire and The Humber

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Yorkshire and The Humber19.5%
=145Cannock ChaseWest MidlandsWest Midlands19.5%
=145EastleighSouth EastSouth East19.5%
=145Epping ForestEast of EnglandEast of England19.5%
=145West BerkshireSouth EastSouth East19.5%
=150Bath and North East SomersetSouth WestSouth West19.4%
=150ChelmsfordEast of EnglandEast of England19.4%
=150DoncasterYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber19.4%
=150North HertfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England19.4%
=150Tunbridge WellsSouth EastSouth East19.4%
=155CheltenhamSouth WestSouth West19.3%
=155MansfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands19.3%
=155RossendaleNorth WestNorth West19.3%
=155WiganNorth WestNorth West19.3%
=159MaidstoneSouth EastSouth East19.1%
=159Nuneaton and BedworthWest MidlandsWest Midlands19.1%
=159Southend-on-SeaEast of EnglandEast of England19.1%
=159SwaleSouth EastSouth East19.1%
=159Tonbridge and MallingSouth EastSouth East19.1%
=159YorkYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber19.1%
=165CalderdaleYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber19.0%
=165TamworthWest MidlandsWest Midlands19.0%
=165WarringtonNorth WestNorth West19.0%
=168Stockton-on-TeesNorth EastNorth East18.9%
=168WarwickWest MidlandsWest Midlands18.9%
=170BuckinghamshireSouth EastSouth East18.8%
=170CharnwoodEast MidlandsEast Midlands18.8%
=170WakefieldYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber18.8%
173South GloucestershireSouth WestSouth West18.7%
=174East StaffordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands18.6%
=174HaltonNorth WestNorth West18.6%
=174RedditchWest MidlandsWest Midlands18.6%
=174South DerbyshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands18.6%
=178PlymouthSouth WestSouth West18.5%
=178Windsor and MaidenheadSouth EastSouth East18.5%
180BuryNorth WestNorth West18.3%
=181East HertfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England18.2%
=181HyndburnNorth WestNorth West18.2%
=181North NorthamptonshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands18.2%
=181RugbyWest MidlandsWest Midlands18.2%
=185Epsom and EwellSouth EastSouth East18.1%
=185SpelthorneSouth EastSouth East18.1%
=185Three RiversEast of EnglandEast of England18.1%
=188Central BedfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England18.0%
=188PendleNorth WestNorth West18.0%
=190BurnleyNorth WestNorth West17.9%
=190ElmbridgeSouth EastSouth East17.9%
192ColchesterEast of EnglandEast of England17.8%
=193HertsmereEast of EnglandEast of England17.7%
=193KirkleesYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber17.7%
=193Reigate and BansteadSouth EastSouth East17.7%
=196BromleyLondonLondon17.6%
=196HaveringLondonLondon17.6%
=196Telford and WrekinWest MidlandsWest Midlands17.6%
=196TraffordNorth WestNorth West17.6%
=196WorcesterWest MidlandsWest Midlands17.6%
=201GuildfordSouth EastSouth East17.5%
=201TamesideNorth WestNorth West17.5%
=203BroxbourneEast of EnglandEast of England17.4%
=203CherwellSouth EastSouth East17.4%
=203DacorumEast of EnglandEast of England17.4%
=203WalsallWest MidlandsWest Midlands17.4%
207Basingstoke and DeaneSouth EastSouth East17.3%
=208GraveshamSouth EastSouth East17.2%
=208RunnymedeSouth EastSouth East17.2%
=208St AlbansEast of EnglandEast of England17.2%
=208WokinghamSouth EastSouth East17.2%
=212BoltonNorth WestNorth West17.1%
=212Stoke-on-TrentWest MidlandsWest Midlands17.1%
=212West NorthamptonshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands17.1%
=215BasildonEast of EnglandEast of England17.0%
=215KnowsleyNorth WestNorth West17.0%
=215SheffieldYorkshire and The Humber

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Yorkshire and The Humber17.0%
218MiddlesbroughNorth EastNorth East16.8%
=219BedfordEast of EnglandEast of England16.7%
=219GloucesterSouth WestSouth West16.7%
=221BexleyLondonLondon16.6%
=221ExeterSouth WestSouth West16.6%
=221WokingSouth EastSouth East16.6%
=224IpswichEast of EnglandEast of England16.5%
=224MedwaySouth EastSouth East16.5%
=224RochdaleNorth WestNorth West16.5%
=227DerbyEast MidlandsEast Midlands16.4%
=227WolverhamptonWest MidlandsWest Midlands16.4%
229Richmond upon ThamesLondonLondon16.1%
230OldhamNorth WestNorth West16.0%
231SwindonSouth WestSouth West15.9%
232Welwyn HatfieldEast of EnglandEast of England15.7%
233LeedsYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber15.6%
234HarrowLondonLondon15.4%
=235Kingston upon HullYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber15.3%
=235LiverpoolNorth WestNorth West15.3%
=237BradfordYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber15.2%
=237RushmoorSouth EastSouth East15.2%
=239Bracknell ForestSouth EastSouth East15.1%
=239StevenageEast of EnglandEast of England15.1%
=239SuttonLondonLondon15.1%
242NorwichEast of EnglandEast of England14.9%
=243Newcastle upon TyneNorth EastNorth East14.8%
=243PortsmouthSouth EastSouth East14.8%
245PrestonNorth WestNorth West14.7%
=246CoventryWest MidlandsWest Midlands14.6%
=246HarlowEast of EnglandEast of England14.6%
=248Blackburn with DarwenNorth WestNorth West14.5%
=248Kingston upon ThamesLondonLondon14.5%
=248LincolnEast MidlandsEast Midlands14.5%
=248SandwellWest MidlandsWest Midlands14.5%
=252BarnetLondonLondon14.4%
=252Kensington and ChelseaLondonLondon14.4%
254PeterboroughEast of EnglandEast of England14.2%
=255Brighton and HoveSouth EastSouth East14.1%
=255City of LondonLondonLondon14.1%
=257Milton KeynesSouth EastSouth East13.8%
=257SouthamptonSouth EastSouth East13.8%
259DartfordSouth EastSouth East13.7%
=260CroydonLondonLondon13.6%
=260EnfieldLondonLondon13.6%
=260ThurrockEast of EnglandEast of England13.6%
263HillingdonLondonLondon13.5%
=264CrawleySouth EastSouth East13.3%
=264SalfordNorth WestNorth West13.3%
266BirminghamWest MidlandsWest Midlands13.1%
267BristolSouth WestSouth West12.9%
=268MertonLondonLondon12.6%
=268WatfordEast of EnglandEast of England12.6%
270RedbridgeLondonLondon12.2%
=271EalingLondonLondon12.1%
=271WestminsterLondonLondon12.1%
273ReadingSouth EastSouth East12.0%
=274CamdenLondonLondon11.8%
=274HounslowLondonLondon11.8%
=274LeicesterEast MidlandsEast Midlands11.8%
=277LutonEast of EnglandEast of England11.7%
=277NottinghamEast MidlandsEast Midlands11.7%
=277OxfordSouth EastSouth East11.7%
280BrentLondonLondon11.6%
281CambridgeEast of EnglandEast of England11.4%
=282GreenwichLondonLondon10.5%
=282HaringeyLondonLondon10.5%
284Hammersmith and FulhamLondonLondon10.4%
285Waltham ForestLondonLondon10.2%
286SloughSouth EastSouth East9.7%
287WandsworthLondonLondon9.6%
=288LewishamLondonLondon9.5%
=288ManchesterNorth WestNorth West9.5%
290IslingtonLondonLondon9.4%
291Barking and DagenhamLondonLondon8.7%
292LambethLondonLondon8.6%
293SouthwarkLondonLondon8.3%
294HackneyLondonLondon7.9%
295NewhamLondonLondon7.2%
296Tower HamletsLondonLondon5.6%

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