# Most and fewest households: places in East Midlands (2021)

West Northamptonshire had the highest number of households of East Midlands’s 35 councils in 2021, at 172,641.

Rutland had the lowest, at 16,694. The middle council, Broxtowe, had 48,361.

| Rank | Area | Households |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [West Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-northamptonshire) | 172,641 |
| 2 | [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire) | 148,918 |
| 3 | [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) | 127,387 |
| 4 | [Nottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/nottingham) | 124,745 |
| 5 | [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby) | 105,652 |
| 6 | [Charnwood](https://openindex.co.uk/charnwood) | 73,785 |
| 7 | [East Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lindsey) | 64,754 |
| 8 | [South Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven) | 62,850 |
| 9 | [Amber Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley) | 56,277 |
| 10 | [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield) | 54,508 |
| 11 | [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) | 53,331 |
| 12 | [Gedling](https://openindex.co.uk/gedling) | 51,551 |
| 13 | [Bassetlaw](https://openindex.co.uk/bassetlaw) | 51,458 |
| 14 | [North Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/north-kesteven) | 50,989 |
| 15 | [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash) | 50,334 |
| 16 | [Rushcliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/rushcliffe) | 49,883 |
| 17 | [Hinckley and Bosworth](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth) | 49,446 |
| 18 | [Broxtowe](https://openindex.co.uk/broxtowe) | 48,361 |
| 19 | [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield) | 48,058 |
| 20 | [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/mansfield) | 48,030 |
| 21 | [North East Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire) | 45,987 |
| 22 | [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire) | 45,240 |
| 23 | [North West Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire) | 44,973 |
| 24 | [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) | 42,575 |
| 25 | [Lincoln](https://openindex.co.uk/lincoln) | 42,507 |
| 26 | [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey) | 42,345 |
| 27 | [High Peak](https://openindex.co.uk/high-peak) | 40,772 |
| 28 | [South Holland](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland) | 40,703 |
| 29 | [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) | 40,413 |
| 30 | [Bolsover](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover) | 35,262 |
| 31 | [Derbyshire Dales](https://openindex.co.uk/derbyshire-dales) | 32,283 |
| 32 | [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston) | 29,404 |
| 33 | [Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston) | 22,617 |
| 34 | [Melton](https://openindex.co.uk/melton) | 22,599 |
| 35 | [Rutland](https://openindex.co.uk/rutland) | 16,694 |

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

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

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