# Private renting: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Brighton and Hove had the highest share of households renting privately of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 32.7%.

Havant had the lowest, at 12.4%. The middle council, West Oxfordshire, had 17.9%.

| Rank | Area | Private rented homes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 32.7% |
| 2 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 32.2% |
| 3 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 31.9% |
| 4 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 30.7% |
| 5 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 29.2% |
| =6 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 28.6% |
| =6 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 28.6% |
| 8 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 26.6% |
| 9 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 26.3% |
| 10 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 22.5% |
| =11 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 22.0% |
| =11 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 22.0% |
| 13 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 21.5% |
| 14 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 21.1% |
| 15 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 20.9% |
| 16 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 20.7% |
| 17 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 20.6% |
| 18 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 20.2% |
| =19 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 19.8% |
| =19 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 19.8% |
| 21 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 19.6% |
| 22 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 19.2% |
| =23 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 19.1% |
| =23 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 19.1% |
| 25 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 19.0% |
| 26 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 18.7% |
| 27 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 18.4% |
| 28 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 18.2% |
| =29 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 18.1% |
| =29 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 18.1% |
| =31 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 17.9% |
| =31 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 17.9% |
| 33 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 17.7% |
| 34 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 17.6% |
| 35 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 17.5% |
| 36 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 17.3% |
| 37 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 17.1% |
| 38 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 16.9% |
| 39 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 16.2% |
| 40 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 16.1% |
| 41 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 15.9% |
| =42 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 15.7% |
| =42 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 15.7% |
| =42 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 15.7% |
| =42 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 15.7% |
| =46 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 15.4% |
| =46 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 15.4% |
| 48 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 15.3% |
| =49 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 14.8% |
| =49 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 14.8% |
| 51 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 14.7% |
| 52 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 14.5% |
| 53 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 14.3% |
| =54 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 14.1% |
| =54 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 14.1% |
| 56 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 13.9% |
| 57 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 13.6% |
| 58 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 13.5% |
| 59 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 13.4% |
| 60 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 13.3% |
| 61 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 13.0% |
| 62 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 12.6% |
| 63 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 12.5% |
| 64 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 12.4% |

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)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/private-rented/north-west)
- [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 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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