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

Buckinghamshire had the highest number of households of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 220,328.

Adur had the lowest, at 27,678. The middle council, Havant, had 53,589.

| Rank | Area | Households |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 220,328 |
| 2 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 121,402 |
| 3 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 113,102 |
| 4 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 111,458 |
| 5 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 102,291 |
| 6 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 86,155 |
| 7 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 77,566 |
| 8 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 76,645 |
| 9 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 72,661 |
| 10 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 71,208 |
| 11 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 69,164 |
| 12 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 68,266 |
| 13 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 67,683 |
| 14 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 66,658 |
| 15 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 65,894 |
| 16 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 64,775 |
| 17 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 63,792 |
| 18 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 63,349 |
| 19 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 62,370 |
| 20 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 62,200 |
| 21 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 61,497 |
| 22 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 60,932 |
| 23 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 60,495 |
| 24 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 59,849 |
| 25 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 57,498 |
| 26 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 56,924 |
| 27 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 55,760 |
| 28 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 55,590 |
| 29 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 55,238 |
| 30 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 54,708 |
| 31 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 54,118 |
| 32 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 53,589 |
| 33 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 53,583 |
| 34 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 53,573 |
| 35 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 52,718 |
| 36 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 52,448 |
| 37 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 52,423 |
| 38 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 51,715 |
| 39 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 50,548 |
| 40 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 50,248 |
| 41 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 49,538 |
| 42 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 49,013 |
| 43 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 48,639 |
| 44 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 48,338 |
| 45 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 48,223 |
| 46 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 47,981 |
| 47 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 45,696 |
| 48 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 45,610 |
| 49 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 45,502 |
| 50 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 43,688 |
| 51 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 42,102 |
| 52 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 41,805 |
| 53 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 41,724 |
| 54 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 41,437 |
| 55 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 40,453 |
| 56 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 39,964 |
| 57 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 39,303 |
| 58 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 37,139 |
| 59 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 36,008 |
| 60 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 35,922 |
| 61 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 35,623 |
| 62 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 34,838 |
| 63 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 31,321 |
| 64 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 27,678 |

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)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/households/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/households/london)
- [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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