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

Cornwall had the highest number of households of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 250,535.

Isles of Scilly had the lowest, at 942. The middle council, Teignbridge, had 59,838.

| Rank | Area | Households | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 250,535 | – |
| 2 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 250,127 | 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. |
| 3 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 215,081 | – |
| 4 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 191,638 | – |
| 5 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 173,842 | – |
| 6 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 169,261 | – |
| 7 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 118,101 | – |
| 8 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 114,558 | – |
| 9 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 95,862 | – |
| 10 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 94,648 | – |
| 11 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 79,250 | – |
| 12 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 66,788 | – |
| 13 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 62,992 | – |
| 14 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 59,838 | – |
| 15 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 55,407 | – |
| 16 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 52,899 | – |
| 17 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 52,554 | – |
| 18 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 52,378 | – |
| 19 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 43,197 | – |
| 20 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 40,931 | – |
| 21 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 40,597 | – |
| 22 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 39,335 | – |
| 23 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 37,217 | – |
| 24 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 35,633 | – |
| 25 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 30,457 | – |
| 26 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 24,818 | – |
| 27 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | 942 | – |

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 East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/households/south-east)

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

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