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

Torbay had the highest disability of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 23.8%.

Isles of Scilly had the lowest, at 14.3%. The middle council, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, had 18.5%.

Disability for every council in South West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Torbay	23.8%
2	Plymouth	21.7%
3	Torridge	21.2%
4	Cornwall	21.1%
5	West Devon	20.8%
6	Teignbridge	20.3%
7	Dorset	19.8%
8	North Devon	19.6%
9	East Devon	19.5%
10	Forest of Dean	19.2%
11	South Hams	18.9%
12	North Somerset	18.7%
13	Somerset 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.	18.6%
=14	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	18.5%
=14	Mid Devon	18.5%
16	Exeter	18.2%
17	Gloucester	17.4%
18	Bristol	17.2%
=19	Stroud	16.9%
=19	Wiltshire	16.9%
21	Bath and North East Somerset	16.4%
22	South Gloucestershire	16.3%
23	Tewkesbury	16.0%
=24	Cheltenham	15.9%
=24	Swindon	15.9%
26	Cotswold	15.4%
27	Isles of Scilly	14.3%