# Households without a car: highest and lowest councils in East Midlands (2021)

Nottingham had the highest share of households without a car or van of East Midlands’s 35 councils in 2021, at 38.0%.

Harborough had the lowest, at 10.0%. The middle council, Newark and Sherwood, had 16.2%.

| Rank | Area | Households without a car or van |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Nottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/nottingham) | 38.0% |
| 2 | [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) | 33.0% |
| 3 | [Lincoln](https://openindex.co.uk/lincoln) | 28.4% |
| 4 | [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby) | 26.0% |
| 5 | [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield) | 23.9% |
| 6 | [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/mansfield) | 21.9% |
| 7 | [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield) | 20.6% |
| 8 | [Broxtowe](https://openindex.co.uk/broxtowe) | 19.9% |
| 9 | [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston) | 19.5% |
| 10 | [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash) | 19.4% |
| 11 | [Gedling](https://openindex.co.uk/gedling) | 18.9% |
| 12 | [Bolsover](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover) | 18.5% |
| 13 | [Bassetlaw](https://openindex.co.uk/bassetlaw) | 17.2% |
| 14 | [High Peak](https://openindex.co.uk/high-peak) | 16.9% |
| =15 | [Amber Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley) | 16.8% |
| =15 | [Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston) | 16.8% |
| 17 | [East Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lindsey) | 16.7% |
| 18 | [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) | 16.2% |
| 19 | [North East Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire) | 16.1% |
| 20 | [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire) | 16.0% |
| 21 | [West Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-northamptonshire) | 15.9% |
| 22 | [Charnwood](https://openindex.co.uk/charnwood) | 15.6% |
| 23 | [South Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven) | 14.6% |
| 24 | [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey) | 14.1% |
| 25 | [Rushcliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/rushcliffe) | 13.5% |
| 26 | [Melton](https://openindex.co.uk/melton) | 13.1% |
| 27 | [Derbyshire Dales](https://openindex.co.uk/derbyshire-dales) | 13.0% |
| 28 | [South Holland](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland) | 12.9% |
| 29 | [Hinckley and Bosworth](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth) | 12.7% |
| 30 | [North West Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire) | 12.6% |
| =31 | [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) | 11.4% |
| =31 | [North Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/north-kesteven) | 11.4% |
| 33 | [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire) | 11.1% |
| 34 | [Rutland](https://openindex.co.uk/rutland) | 10.3% |
| 35 | [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) | 10.0% |

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/no-car-or-van/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/no-car-or-van)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/no-car-or-van)

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