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

Central Bedfordshire had the highest number of households of East of England’s 45 councils in 2021, at 120,755.

Maldon had the lowest, at 27,900. The middle council, St Albans, had 58,991.

| Rank | Area | Households |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire) | 120,755 |
| 2 | [East Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/east-suffolk) | 110,747 |
| 3 | [Peterborough](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough) | 84,533 |
| 4 | [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester) | 79,710 |
| 5 | [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton) | 78,940 |
| 6 | [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk) | 78,746 |
| 7 | [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea) | 78,344 |
| 8 | [Huntingdonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire) | 76,880 |
| 9 | [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon) | 76,362 |
| 10 | [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford) | 75,401 |
| 11 | [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) | 74,950 |
| 12 | [King's Lynn and West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk) | 67,464 |
| 13 | [Tendring](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring) | 67,451 |
| 14 | [South Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire) | 66,996 |
| 15 | [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock) | 66,377 |
| 16 | [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) | 64,986 |
| 17 | [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich) | 64,459 |
| 18 | [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) | 63,412 |
| 19 | [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire) | 62,021 |
| 20 | [South Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk) | 61,381 |
| 21 | [Breckland](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland) | 60,359 |
| 22 | [Ipswich](https://openindex.co.uk/ipswich) | 59,507 |
| 23 | [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) | 58,991 |
| 24 | [Broadland](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland) | 57,760 |
| 25 | [North Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-hertfordshire) | 56,732 |
| 26 | [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest) | 54,557 |
| 27 | [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) | 52,472 |
| 28 | [North Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/north-norfolk) | 48,374 |
| 29 | [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) | 46,209 |
| 30 | [Great Yarmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/great-yarmouth) | 44,544 |
| 31 | [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) | 44,343 |
| 32 | [Fenland](https://openindex.co.uk/fenland) | 44,083 |
| 33 | [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere) | 42,682 |
| 34 | [Babergh](https://openindex.co.uk/babergh) | 40,200 |
| 35 | [Broxbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/broxbourne) | 39,849 |
| 36 | [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford) | 39,628 |
| 37 | [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/harlow) | 37,857 |
| 38 | [Castle Point](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point) | 37,389 |
| 39 | [East Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-cambridgeshire) | 37,203 |
| 40 | [Uttlesford](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford) | 36,958 |
| 41 | [Three Rivers](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers) | 36,858 |
| 42 | [Stevenage](https://openindex.co.uk/stevenage) | 36,511 |
| 43 | [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford) | 35,557 |
| 44 | [Brentwood](https://openindex.co.uk/brentwood) | 32,342 |
| 45 | [Maldon](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon) | 27,900 |

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)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/households/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/households/west-midlands)
- [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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