# Share of disabled people: highest and lowest councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (2021)

Barnsley had the highest share of residents limited by a long-term health problem or disability of Yorkshire and The Humber’s 15 councils in 2021, at 22.1%.

Leeds had the lowest, at 16.7%. The middle council, Sheffield, had 19.7%.

| Rank | Area | Disability | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) | 22.1% | 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. |
| 2 | [Rotherham](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham) | 21.1% | – |
| 3 | [North East Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire) | 20.4% | – |
| 4 | [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster) | 20.3% | – |
| 5 | [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) | 20.2% | – |
| 6 | [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull) | 20.0% | – |
| =7 | [North Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lincolnshire) | 19.7% | – |
| =7 | [Sheffield](https://openindex.co.uk/sheffield) | 19.7% | 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. |
| 9 | [East Riding of Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire) | 18.6% | – |
| 10 | [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) | 18.3% | – |
| 11 | [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) | 17.5% | 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. |
| 12 | [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) | 17.4% | – |
| =13 | [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford) | 17.1% | – |
| =13 | [York](https://openindex.co.uk/york) | 17.1% | – |
| 15 | [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) | 16.7% | – |

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)
- [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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