# Private renting: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Manchester had the highest share of households renting privately of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 32.3%.

South Ribble had the lowest, at 12.8%. The middle council, Oldham, had 17.7%.

| Rank | Area | Private rented homes | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) | 32.3% | – |
| 2 | [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) | 31.8% | – |
| 3 | [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford) | 26.8% | – |
| 4 | [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool) | 26.1% | – |
| 5 | [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley) | 24.3% | – |
| 6 | [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) | 23.1% | – |
| 7 | [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) | 23.0% | – |
| 8 | [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston) | 22.4% | – |
| 9 | [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) | 21.7% | – |
| 10 | [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) | 20.2% | – |
| 11 | [Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/fylde) | 19.2% | – |
| 12 | [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) | 18.9% | – |
| 13 | [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale) | 18.3% | – |
| =14 | [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) | 18.2% | – |
| =14 | [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) | 18.2% | – |
| 16 | [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton) | 18.0% | – |
| =17 | [Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bury) | 17.7% | – |
| =17 | [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham) | 17.7% | – |
| 19 | [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) | 17.5% | – |
| 20 | [Westmorland and Furness](https://openindex.co.uk/westmorland-and-furness) | 17.1% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| 21 | [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale) | 17.0% | – |
| 22 | [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) | 15.9% | – |
| 23 | [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) | 15.7% | – |
| 24 | [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) | 15.5% | – |
| 25 | [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) | 15.3% | – |
| 26 | [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) | 15.2% | – |
| 27 | [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) | 15.1% | – |
| 28 | [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) | 15.0% | – |
| 29 | [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) | 14.4% | – |
| =30 | [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) | 14.3% | – |
| =30 | [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley) | 14.3% | – |
| 32 | [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) | 14.1% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| =33 | [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) | 13.9% | – |
| =33 | [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire) | 13.9% | – |
| 35 | [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) | 12.8% | – |

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

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/private-rented)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/private-rented)

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