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Healthy life expectancy at birth, every council ranked

The years a child born here could expect to live in good health, midway between the figures for girls and for boys. Figures for 2022 to 2024, published for 359 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Merthyr Tydfil, 50.9 years. The council in the middle: Torbay, 61.7 years. Highest: Orkney Islands, 73.5 years.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1Merthyr TydfilWales50.9 years
2BlackpoolNorth West51.4 years
3HartlepoolNorth East51.7 years
4SandwellWest Midlands52 years
5North LanarkshireScotland52.6 years
6West DunbartonshireScotland53.1 years
7Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber53.2 years
8North AyrshireScotland53.4 years
9TorfaenWales53.5 years
10 jointEast AyrshireScotland53.9 years
10 jointInverclydeScotland53.9 years
10 jointKnowsleyNorth West53.9 years
10 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber53.9 years
14RochdaleNorth West54 years
15MiddlesbroughNorth East54.1 years
16Blackburn with DarwenNorth West54.2 years
17 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East54.3 years
17 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands54.3 years
19 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland54.6 years
19 jointPlymouthSouth West54.6 years
21North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber54.8 years
22 jointClackmannanshireScotland54.9 years
22 jointWiganNorth West54.9 years
24BoltonNorth West55 years
25Blaenau GwentWales55.1 years
26 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber55.3 years
26 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber55.3 years
26 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East55.3 years
29RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber55.4 years
30 jointNottinghamEast Midlands55.5 years
30 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales55.5 years
32 jointTamesideNorth West55.6 years
32 jointWalsallWest Midlands55.6 years
34County DurhamNorth East55.7 years
35Dundee CityScotland55.8 years
36 jointGlasgow CityScotland55.9 years
36 jointSouth TynesideNorth East55.9 years
36 jointSt. HelensNorth West55.9 years
39Telford and WrekinWest Midlands56.1 years
40LiverpoolNorth West56.3 years
41 jointLutonEast of England56.4 years
41 jointOldhamNorth West56.4 years
41 jointSunderlandNorth East56.4 years
44RenfrewshireScotland56.5 years
45 jointHaltonNorth West56.6 years
45 jointNewportWales56.6 years
47BelfastNorthern Ireland56.8 years
48CarmarthenshireWales57 years
49SwanseaWales57.1 years
50ManchesterNorth West57.2 years
51SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber57.4 years
52 jointCaerphillyWales57.5 years
52 jointNeath Port TalbotWales57.5 years
52 jointNorth TynesideNorth East57.5 years
55 jointBridgendWales57.6 years
55 jointDerbyEast Midlands57.6 years
57 jointPeterboroughEast of England57.7 years
57 jointSalfordNorth West57.7 years
59 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber57.8 years
59 jointBuryNorth West57.8 years
59 jointSouth AyrshireScotland57.8 years
62 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber57.9 years
62 jointLeicesterEast Midlands57.9 years
64 jointGreenwichLondon58 years
64 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland58 years
66PortsmouthSouth East58.1 years
67 jointBirminghamWest Midlands58.2 years
67 jointGatesheadNorth East58.2 years
67 jointLewishamLondon58.2 years
70 jointHaringeyLondon58.3 years
70 jointSouthamptonSouth East58.3 years
72North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands58.5 years
73 jointBostonEast Midlands58.6 years
73 jointCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland58.6 years
73 jointDarlingtonNorth East58.6 years
73 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands58.6 years
73 jointLincolnEast Midlands58.6 years
73 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands58.6 years
73 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands58.6 years
73 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands58.6 years
73 jointThurrockEast of England58.6 years
73 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands58.6 years
83FlintshireWales58.7 years
84 jointAshfieldEast Midlands58.8 years
84 jointBassetlawEast Midlands58.8 years
84 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands58.8 years
84 jointGedlingEast Midlands58.8 years
84 jointMansfieldEast Midlands58.8 years
84 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands58.8 years
84 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands58.8 years
91 jointAberdeen CityScotland58.9 years
91 jointArgyll and ButeScotland58.9 years
91 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands58.9 years
94 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland59 years
94 jointFalkirkScotland59 years
94 jointFifeScotland59 years
94 jointIsle of WightSouth East59 years
98 jointCoventryWest Midlands59.1 years
98 jointHackneyLondon59.1 years
100North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber59.2 years
101 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon59.3 years
101 jointDudleyWest Midlands59.3 years
101 jointSeftonNorth West59.3 years
104Tower HamletsLondon59.4 years
105 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber59.5 years
105 jointHounslowLondon59.5 years
107 jointCamdenLondon59.6 years
107 jointCumberlandNorth West59.6 years
107 jointDenbighshireWales59.6 years
107 jointEastbourneSouth East59.6 years
107 jointHastingsSouth East59.6 years
107 jointLewesSouth East59.6 years
107 jointMedwaySouth East59.6 years
107 jointRotherSouth East59.6 years
107 jointWealdenSouth East59.6 years
107 jointWirralNorth West59.6 years
117 jointBurnleyNorth West59.8 years
117 jointCardiffWales59.8 years
117 jointChorleyNorth West59.8 years
117 jointFyldeNorth West59.8 years
117 jointHyndburnNorth West59.8 years
117 jointLancasterNorth West59.8 years
117 jointPendleNorth West59.8 years
117 jointPrestonNorth West59.8 years
117 jointRibble ValleyNorth West59.8 years
117 jointRossendaleNorth West59.8 years
117 jointSouth RibbleNorth West59.8 years
117 jointWest LancashireNorth West59.8 years
117 jointWyreNorth West59.8 years
130NorthumberlandNorth East59.9 years
131 jointBristolSouth West60.1 years
131 jointCornwallSouth West60.1 years
133 jointWest LothianScotland60.2 years
133 jointWestminsterLondon60.2 years
133 jointWrexhamWales60.2 years
136 jointEast LothianScotland60.3 years
136 jointStirlingScotland60.3 years
138 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands60.5 years
138 jointBolsoverEast Midlands60.5 years
138 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands60.5 years
138 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands60.5 years
138 jointErewashEast Midlands60.5 years
138 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands60.5 years
138 jointIslingtonLondon60.5 years
138 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland60.5 years
138 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East60.5 years
138 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands60.5 years
138 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands60.5 years
149 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber60.6 years
149 jointMidlothianScotland60.6 years
151LeedsYorkshire and the Humber60.7 years
152ConwyWales60.9 years
153 jointEnfieldLondon61 years
153 jointSloughSouth East61 years
155YorkYorkshire and the Humber61.1 years
156 jointBrecklandEast of England61.2 years
156 jointBroadlandEast of England61.2 years
156 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England61.2 years
156 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England61.2 years
156 jointIsle of AngleseyWales61.2 years
156 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England61.2 years
156 jointMilton KeynesSouth East61.2 years
156 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England61.2 years
156 jointNorwichEast of England61.2 years
156 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England61.2 years
166Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland61.3 years
167Southend-on-SeaEast of England61.4 years
168 jointBexleyLondon61.5 years
168 jointBlabyEast Midlands61.5 years
168 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West61.5 years
168 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands61.5 years
168 jointHarboroughEast Midlands61.5 years
168 jointHighlandScotland61.5 years
168 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands61.5 years
168 jointMeltonEast Midlands61.5 years
168 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands61.5 years
168 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands61.5 years
168 jointSwindonSouth West61.5 years
179PembrokeshireWales61.6 years
180TorbaySouth West61.7 years
181West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands61.8 years
182 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland61.9 years
182 jointBaberghEast of England61.9 years
182 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East61.9 years
182 jointCambridgeEast of England61.9 years
182 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England61.9 years
182 jointEast SuffolkEast of England61.9 years
182 jointFenlandEast of England61.9 years
182 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England61.9 years
182 jointIpswichEast of England61.9 years
182 jointMid SuffolkEast of England61.9 years
182 jointMorayScotland61.9 years
182 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England61.9 years
182 jointWest SuffolkEast of England61.9 years
195HerefordshireWest Midlands62 years
196Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland62.1 years
197 jointBarnetLondon62.2 years
197 jointMertonLondon62.2 years
199Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West62.3 years
200 jointGwyneddWales62.4 years
200 jointReadingSouth East62.4 years
202 jointNorth SomersetSouth West62.5 years
202 jointStockportNorth West62.5 years
202 jointVale of GlamorganWales62.5 years
205 jointAngusScotland62.6 years
205 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland62.6 years
205 jointBasildonEast of England62.6 years
205 jointBedfordEast of England62.6 years
205 jointBraintreeEast of England62.6 years
205 jointBrentwoodEast of England62.6 years
205 jointCastle PointEast of England62.6 years
205 jointChelmsfordEast of England62.6 years
205 jointColchesterEast of England62.6 years
205 jointEpping ForestEast of England62.6 years
205 jointHarlowEast of England62.6 years
205 jointMaldonEast of England62.6 years
205 jointRochfordEast of England62.6 years
205 jointTendringEast of England62.6 years
205 jointUttlesfordEast of England62.6 years
220 jointEalingLondon62.7 years
220 jointScottish BordersScotland62.7 years
220 jointShropshireWest Midlands62.7 years
220 jointSouthwarkLondon62.7 years
220 jointWarringtonNorth West62.7 years
225 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands62.8 years
225 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands62.8 years
225 jointHarrowLondon62.8 years
225 jointLichfieldWest Midlands62.8 years
225 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands62.8 years
225 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands62.8 years
225 jointStaffordWest Midlands62.8 years
225 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands62.8 years
225 jointTamworthWest Midlands62.8 years
234SomersetSouth West62.9 years
235NewhamLondon63 years
236 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands63.1 years
236 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands63.1 years
236 jointRugbyWest Midlands63.1 years
236 jointSolihullWest Midlands63.1 years
236 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands63.1 years
236 jointWarwickWest Midlands63.1 years
242 jointAshfordSouth East63.2 years
242 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands63.2 years
242 jointCanterburySouth East63.2 years
242 jointDartfordSouth East63.2 years
242 jointDoverSouth East63.2 years
242 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East63.2 years
242 jointGraveshamSouth East63.2 years
242 jointMaidstoneSouth East63.2 years
242 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands63.2 years
242 jointRedditchWest Midlands63.2 years
242 jointSevenoaksSouth East63.2 years
242 jointSwaleSouth East63.2 years
242 jointThanetSouth East63.2 years
242 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East63.2 years
242 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East63.2 years
242 jointWorcesterWest Midlands63.2 years
242 jointWychavonWest Midlands63.2 years
242 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands63.2 years
260 jointCeredigionWales63.3 years
260 jointNewry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland63.3 years
262 jointCheltenhamSouth West63.4 years
262 jointCotswoldSouth West63.4 years
262 jointForest of DeanSouth West63.4 years
262 jointGloucesterSouth West63.4 years
262 jointMonmouthshireWales63.4 years
262 jointRedbridgeLondon63.4 years
262 jointStroudSouth West63.4 years
262 jointTewkesburySouth West63.4 years
270 jointCity of EdinburghScotland63.6 years
270 jointHaveringLondon63.6 years
270 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West63.6 years
273 jointAdurSouth East63.8 years
273 jointArunSouth East63.8 years
273 jointChichesterSouth East63.8 years
273 jointCrawleySouth East63.8 years
273 jointHorshamSouth East63.8 years
273 jointMid SussexSouth East63.8 years
273 jointWandsworthLondon63.8 years
273 jointWiltshireSouth West63.8 years
273 jointWorthingSouth East63.8 years
282 jointEast DevonSouth West63.9 years
282 jointExeterSouth West63.9 years
282 jointMid DevonSouth West63.9 years
282 jointNorth DevonSouth West63.9 years
282 jointSouth HamsSouth West63.9 years
282 jointTeignbridgeSouth West63.9 years
282 jointTorridgeSouth West63.9 years
282 jointWest DevonSouth West63.9 years
290 jointNa h-Eileanan SiarScotland64 years
290 jointPowysWales64 years
292South GloucestershireSouth West64.1 years
293LambethLondon64.2 years
294East DunbartonshireScotland64.3 years
295AberdeenshireScotland64.4 years
296 jointTraffordNorth West64.5 years
296 jointWaltham ForestLondon64.5 years
298HillingdonLondon64.6 years
299 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East64.7 years
299 jointEast HampshireSouth East64.7 years
299 jointEastleighSouth East64.7 years
299 jointFarehamSouth East64.7 years
299 jointGosportSouth East64.7 years
299 jointHartSouth East64.7 years
299 jointHavantSouth East64.7 years
299 jointNew ForestSouth East64.7 years
299 jointRushmoorSouth East64.7 years
299 jointTest ValleySouth East64.7 years
299 jointWinchesterSouth East64.7 years
310 jointBrentLondon64.9 years
310 jointRutlandEast Midlands64.9 years
312North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber65 years
313Cheshire EastNorth West65.3 years
314 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West65.4 years
314 jointDorsetSouth West65.4 years
316 jointBroxbourneEast of England65.5 years
316 jointDacorumEast of England65.5 years
316 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England65.5 years
316 jointHertsmereEast of England65.5 years
316 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England65.5 years
316 jointSt AlbansEast of England65.5 years
316 jointStevenageEast of England65.5 years
316 jointThree RiversEast of England65.5 years
316 jointWatfordEast of England65.5 years
316 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England65.5 years
326 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland65.7 years
326 jointMid UlsterNorthern Ireland65.7 years
328 jointElmbridgeSouth East65.8 years
328 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East65.8 years
328 jointGuildfordSouth East65.8 years
328 jointMole ValleySouth East65.8 years
328 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East65.8 years
328 jointRunnymedeSouth East65.8 years
328 jointSpelthorneSouth East65.8 years
328 jointSurrey HeathSouth East65.8 years
328 jointTandridgeSouth East65.8 years
328 jointWaverleySouth East65.8 years
328 jointWokingSouth East65.8 years
339Perth and KinrossScotland65.9 years
340 jointCherwellSouth East66 years
340 jointOxfordSouth East66 years
340 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East66 years
340 jointVale of White HorseSouth East66 years
340 jointWest BerkshireSouth East66 years
340 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East66 years
346 jointBracknell ForestSouth East66.1 years
346 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East66.1 years
348 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon66.7 years
348 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon66.7 years
350Kingston upon ThamesLondon67 years
351CroydonLondon67.1 years
352BromleyLondon67.6 years
353Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East68.1 years
354East RenfrewshireScotland68.3 years
355SuttonLondon68.5 years
356WokinghamSouth East68.7 years
357Shetland IslandsScotland69.6 years
358Richmond upon ThamesLondon69.8 years
359Orkney IslandsScotland73.5 years

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Groundsense, midway between ONS's figures for women and for men, from ONS, Healthy life expectancy, UK · 2022 to 2024 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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