# Female life expectancy: highest and lowest councils in South West (2022 to 2024)

East Devon and South Hams had the joint highest female life expectancy of South West’s 26 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 85.6 years.

Gloucester had the lowest, at 82.1 years. The middle council, Mid Devon, had 84.1 years.

1 council has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

| Rank | Area | Female life expectancy | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| =1 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 85.6 years | – |
| =1 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 85.6 years | – |
| 3 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 85.3 years | – |
| =4 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 84.9 years | – |
| =4 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 84.9 years | – |
| 6 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 84.8 years | – |
| =7 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 84.7 years | – |
| =7 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 84.7 years | – |
| =7 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 84.7 years | – |
| 10 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 84.6 years | – |
| 11 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 84.4 years | – |
| 12 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 84.2 years | – |
| =13 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 84.1 years | – |
| =13 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 84.1 years | – |
| 15 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 84.0 years | – |
| 16 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 83.9 years | – |
| 17 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 83.8 years | – |
| 18 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 83.7 years | – |
| =19 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 83.6 years | – |
| =19 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 83.6 years | – |
| =19 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 83.6 years | – |
| 22 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 83.2 years | – |
| 23 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 83.1 years | – |
| 24 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 83.0 years | – |
| 25 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 82.6 years | – |
| 26 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 82.1 years | – |
| – | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | No figure | ONS does not calculate life expectancy for the City of London or the Isles of Scilly because they have too few deaths and too small a population. |

Source: Life expectancy for local areas of the UK, ONS life expectancy. Period: 2022 to 2024. Period: 2022 to 2024.

## Other rankings of this measure

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

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

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