# Male life expectancy: highest and lowest councils in South East (2022 to 2024)

Hart had the highest male life expectancy of South East’s 64 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 83.7 years.

Hastings had the lowest, at 76.6 years. The middle council, Spelthorne, had 80.9 years.

| Rank | Area | Male life expectancy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 83.7 years |
| 2 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 82.8 years |
| =3 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 82.5 years |
| =3 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 82.5 years |
| =5 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 82.4 years |
| =5 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 82.4 years |
| =5 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 82.4 years |
| =8 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 82.3 years |
| =8 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 82.3 years |
| =8 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 82.3 years |
| =11 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 82.2 years |
| =11 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 82.2 years |
| =11 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 82.2 years |
| 14 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 82.0 years |
| 15 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 81.9 years |
| 16 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 81.8 years |
| =17 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 81.7 years |
| =17 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 81.7 years |
| =17 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 81.7 years |
| =17 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 81.7 years |
| 21 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 81.6 years |
| =22 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 81.5 years |
| =22 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 81.5 years |
| =22 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 81.5 years |
| =22 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 81.5 years |
| =22 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 81.5 years |
| 27 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 81.4 years |
| =28 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 81.3 years |
| =28 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 81.3 years |
| 30 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 81.2 years |
| 31 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 81.0 years |
| 32 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 80.9 years |
| =33 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 80.8 years |
| =33 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 80.8 years |
| =35 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 80.7 years |
| =35 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 80.7 years |
| 37 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 80.6 years |
| =38 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 80.5 years |
| =38 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 80.5 years |
| 40 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 80.4 years |
| =41 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 80.3 years |
| =41 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 80.3 years |
| =43 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 80.2 years |
| =43 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 80.2 years |
| 45 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 80.1 years |
| 46 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 80.0 years |
| =47 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 79.9 years |
| =47 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 79.9 years |
| 49 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 79.8 years |
| 50 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 79.6 years |
| =51 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 79.4 years |
| =51 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 79.4 years |
| 53 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 79.1 years |
| =54 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 79.0 years |
| =54 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 79.0 years |
| =56 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 78.9 years |
| =56 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 78.9 years |
| 58 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 78.7 years |
| 59 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 78.2 years |
| 60 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 78.1 years |
| 61 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 78.0 years |
| 62 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 77.9 years |
| 63 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 77.2 years |
| 64 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 76.6 years |

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

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

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