# Share in good health: highest and lowest councils in South West (2021)

Bath and North East Somerset and Cotswold had the joint highest share of residents in good or very good health of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 84.6%.

Torbay had the lowest, at 76.5%. The middle council, Mid Devon, had 82.0%.

| Rank | Area | Good or very good health | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| =1 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 84.6% | – |
| =1 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 84.6% | – |
| =3 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 84.3% | – |
| =3 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | 84.3% | – |
| 5 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 84.1% | – |
| 6 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 83.9% | – |
| 7 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 83.8% | – |
| 8 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 83.6% | – |
| 9 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 83.5% | – |
| 10 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 83.4% | – |
| 11 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 83.3% | – |
| 12 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 82.3% | – |
| =13 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 82.0% | – |
| =13 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 82.0% | – |
| 15 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 81.7% | – |
| 16 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 81.5% | – |
| 17 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 81.4% | – |
| 18 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 81.2% | 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. |
| 19 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 80.7% | – |
| 20 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 80.5% | – |
| 21 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 80.4% | – |
| 22 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 80.3% | – |
| 23 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 80.2% | – |
| 24 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 79.5% | – |
| 25 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 79.3% | – |
| 26 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 78.6% | – |
| 27 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 76.5% | – |

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

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

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