Landlords by council area
These are the 20 English council areas with the most privately rented households in Census 2021. The counts are from the Office for National Statistics dataset TS054 (Tenure), Census Day 21 March 2021.
- Birmingham95,719 privately rented households (22.6%)
- Leeds74,402 privately rented households (21.8%)
- Manchester69,403 privately rented households (32.3%)
- Liverpool54,067 privately rented households (26.1%)
- Bristol50,213 privately rented households (26.2%)
- Wandsworth49,830 privately rented households (36.3%)
- Cornwall49,371 privately rented households (19.7%)
- Barnet48,705 privately rented households (32.7%)
- Bradford48,278 privately rented households (23%)
- Tower Hamlets46,000 privately rented households (38.2%)
- Ealing45,490 privately rented households (34%)
- Newham44,479 privately rented households (38.5%)
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole44,152 privately rented households (25.4%)
- Sheffield43,424 privately rented households (18.7%)
- Brent42,726 privately rented households (36%)
- Lambeth42,329 privately rented households (31.4%)
- Westminster41,065 privately rented households (43.3%)
- County Durham40,198 privately rented households (17.1%)
- Brighton and Hove39,684 privately rented households (32.7%)
- Croydon39,441 privately rented households (25.8%)
Privately rented households are the sum of "Private rented: Private landlord or letting agency" and "Private rented: Other private rented". The percentage is of all households in that area. ONS: TS054 Tenure.