# Share of disabled people: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Blackpool had the highest disability of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 25.1%.

Ribble Valley had the lowest, at 15.3%. The middle council, Rochdale, had 19.0%.

| Rank | Area | Disability | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) | 25.1% | – |
| 2 | [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) | 22.8% | – |
| 3 | [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley) | 22.6% | – |
| 4 | [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) | 22.3% | – |
| =5 | [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) | 22.1% | – |
| =5 | [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) | 22.1% | – |
| 7 | [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) | 21.9% | – |
| 8 | [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool) | 21.8% | – |
| 9 | [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) | 20.8% | – |
| 10 | [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley) | 20.6% | – |
| 11 | [Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/fylde) | 20.5% | – |
| 12 | [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) | 20.2% | – |
| =13 | [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) | 20.0% | – |
| =13 | [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) | 20.0% | – |
| =15 | [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) | 19.8% | 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. |
| =15 | [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale) | 19.8% | – |
| 17 | [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire) | 19.4% | – |
| 18 | [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale) | 19.0% | – |
| 19 | [Westmorland and Furness](https://openindex.co.uk/westmorland-and-furness) | 18.7% | 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. |
| =20 | [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) | 18.5% | – |
| =20 | [Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bury) | 18.5% | – |
| =20 | [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) | 18.5% | – |
| =20 | [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) | 18.5% | – |
| =20 | [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford) | 18.5% | – |
| =25 | [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham) | 18.3% | – |
| =25 | [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) | 18.3% | – |
| 27 | [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston) | 18.2% | – |
| =28 | [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton) | 18.1% | – |
| =28 | [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) | 18.1% | – |
| =30 | [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) | 17.7% | – |
| =30 | [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) | 17.7% | – |
| 32 | [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) | 17.5% | – |
| 33 | [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) | 17.0% | – |
| 34 | [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) | 16.0% | – |
| 35 | [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) | 15.3% | – |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, ONS Census 2021. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/north-east)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/disability)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/disability)

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