# Most and least people in loud road or rail noise: places in North West (2021)

Manchester had the highest share of people in loud road or rail noise of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 5.7%.

Hyndburn had the lowest, at 0.8%. The middle council, Blackburn with Darwen, had 3.2%.

Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas.

| Rank | Area | People in loud road or rail noise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) | 5.7% |
| 2 | [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford) | 5.5% |
| 3 | [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) | 5.1% |
| 4 | [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) | 4.8% |
| 5 | [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale) | 4.3% |
| 6 | [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) | 4.2% |
| 7 | [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool) | 4.0% |
| 8 | [Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bury) | 3.9% |
| 9 | [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) | 3.8% |
| =10 | [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham) | 3.7% |
| =10 | [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston) | 3.7% |
| =10 | [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) | 3.7% |
| 13 | [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) | 3.6% |
| =14 | [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton) | 3.5% |
| =14 | [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) | 3.5% |
| =16 | [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley) | 3.4% |
| =16 | [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire) | 3.4% |
| 18 | [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) | 3.2% |
| 19 | [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) | 3.0% |
| =20 | [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) | 2.8% |
| =20 | [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) | 2.8% |
| =20 | [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) | 2.8% |
| =23 | [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) | 2.6% |
| =23 | [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) | 2.6% |
| 25 | [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale) | 2.5% |
| =26 | [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) | 2.3% |
| =26 | [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) | 2.3% |
| 28 | [Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/fylde) | 2.1% |
| 29 | [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) | 2.0% |
| 30 | [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley) | 1.8% |
| =31 | [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) | 1.7% |
| =31 | [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) | 1.7% |
| 33 | [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) | 1.6% |
| 34 | [Westmorland and Furness](https://openindex.co.uk/westmorland-and-furness) | 1.5% |
| 35 | [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) | 0.8% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas. Covers England. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/england)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/north-east)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/loud-transport-noise)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/loud-transport-noise)
- [The two measures side by side](https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode#vs=population&mode=blend)

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