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

Isles of Scilly had the highest share of households renting privately of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 36.6%.

Forest of Dean had the lowest, at 13.5%. The middle council, Mid Devon, had 18.6%.

Private rented homes for every council in South West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Isles of Scilly	36.6%
2	Torbay	26.6%
3	Bristol	26.2%
4	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	25.4%
5	Exeter	24.9%
6	Cheltenham	23.4%
7	Plymouth	22.6%
8	Gloucester	21.3%
9	North Devon	20.4%
10	Torridge	20.2%
11	Cornwall	19.7%
=12	Bath and North East Somerset	19.3%
=12	Swindon	19.3%
14	Mid Devon	18.6%
15	North Somerset	18.4%
16	West Devon	18.2%
17	Teignbridge	17.9%
18	Somerset 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.	17.7%
=19	Cotswold	17.4%
=19	Wiltshire	17.4%
21	Dorset	16.3%
22	South Hams	16.1%
23	East Devon	16.0%
24	South Gloucestershire	15.7%
25	Tewkesbury	14.3%
26	Stroud	13.7%
27	Forest of Dean	13.5%