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

Brighton and Hove had the highest share of households without a car or van of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 37.4%.

Hart had the lowest, at 7.8%. The middle council, Maidstone, had 14.6%.

| Rank | Area | Households without a car or van |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 37.4% |
| 2 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 32.1% |
| 3 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 30.3% |
| 4 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 29.2% |
| 5 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 28.4% |
| 6 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 27.4% |
| 7 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 26.5% |
| 8 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 26.1% |
| 9 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 21.8% |
| =10 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 20.8% |
| =10 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 20.8% |
| 12 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 20.7% |
| 13 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 20.6% |
| 14 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 20.5% |
| 15 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 20.3% |
| 16 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 20.1% |
| 17 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 19.7% |
| 18 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 19.2% |
| 19 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 18.8% |
| 20 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 18.5% |
| 21 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 18.1% |
| 22 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 17.1% |
| =23 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 16.9% |
| =23 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 16.9% |
| 25 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 16.6% |
| 26 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 16.3% |
| 27 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 16.0% |
| 28 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 15.5% |
| =29 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 14.7% |
| =29 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 14.7% |
| =29 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 14.7% |
| 32 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 14.6% |
| 33 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 14.5% |
| 34 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 14.4% |
| 35 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 14.3% |
| 36 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 14.1% |
| 37 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 13.9% |
| 38 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 13.8% |
| =39 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 13.5% |
| =39 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 13.5% |
| 41 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 12.7% |
| 42 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 12.4% |
| 43 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 12.3% |
| 44 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 12.2% |
| =45 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 12.1% |
| =45 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 12.1% |
| =47 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 11.9% |
| =47 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 11.9% |
| 49 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 11.7% |
| =50 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 11.5% |
| =50 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 11.5% |
| =50 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 11.5% |
| =50 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 11.5% |
| 54 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 11.4% |
| 55 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 11.3% |
| =56 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 11.2% |
| =56 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 11.2% |
| 58 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 11.1% |
| 59 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 10.8% |
| 60 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 10.6% |
| 61 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 9.9% |
| 62 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 9.7% |
| 63 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 9.0% |
| 64 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 7.8% |

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)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-car-or-van/east-midlands)
- [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 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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