# 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%.

| Rank | Area | Disability | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 23.8% | – |
| 2 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 21.7% | – |
| 3 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 21.2% | – |
| 4 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 21.1% | – |
| 5 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 20.8% | – |
| 6 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 20.3% | – |
| 7 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 19.8% | – |
| 8 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 19.6% | – |
| 9 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 19.5% | – |
| 10 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 19.2% | – |
| 11 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 18.9% | – |
| 12 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 18.7% | – |
| 13 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 18.6% | 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 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 18.5% | – |
| =14 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 18.5% | – |
| 16 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 18.2% | – |
| 17 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 17.4% | – |
| 18 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 17.2% | – |
| =19 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 16.9% | – |
| =19 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 16.9% | – |
| 21 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 16.4% | – |
| 22 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 16.3% | – |
| 23 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 16.0% | – |
| =24 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 15.9% | – |
| =24 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 15.9% | – |
| 26 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 15.4% | – |
| 27 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | 14.3% | – |

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)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/north-west)
- [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)

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

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