Life expectancy at birth, women, every council ranked
The years a girl born here could expect to live, at today's death rates, over three years. 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: Glasgow City, 78.7 years. The council in the middle: East Staffordshire, 83.4 years. Highest: Kensington and Chelsea, 87.1 years.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow CityScotland | 78.7 years |
| 2 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 78.9 years |
| 2 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 78.9 years |
| 4 | BlackpoolNorth West | 79.1 years |
| 5 | Blaenau GwentWales | 79.2 years |
| 6 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 79.6 years |
| 6 joint | InverclydeScotland | 79.6 years |
| 8 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 79.7 years |
| 8 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 79.7 years |
| 8 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 79.7 years |
| 11 joint | FalkirkScotland | 80 years |
| 11 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 80 years |
| 13 | ManchesterNorth West | 80.1 years |
| 14 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 80.3 years |
| 14 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 80.3 years |
| 14 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 80.3 years |
| 14 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 80.3 years |
| 14 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 80.3 years |
| 19 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 80.4 years |
| 19 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 80.4 years |
| 21 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 80.5 years |
| 21 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 80.5 years |
| 21 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 80.5 years |
| 24 | CaerphillyWales | 80.6 years |
| 25 | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 80.7 years |
| 26 joint | HaltonNorth West | 80.8 years |
| 26 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 80.8 years |
| 26 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 80.8 years |
| 26 joint | West LothianScotland | 80.8 years |
| 30 joint | FifeScotland | 80.9 years |
| 30 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 80.9 years |
| 30 joint | SalfordNorth West | 80.9 years |
| 33 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 81 years |
| 33 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 81 years |
| 33 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 81 years |
| 33 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 81 years |
| 37 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 81.1 years |
| 37 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 81.1 years |
| 37 joint | TamesideNorth West | 81.1 years |
| 40 joint | DenbighshireWales | 81.2 years |
| 40 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 81.2 years |
| 40 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 81.2 years |
| 40 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 81.2 years |
| 40 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 81.2 years |
| 40 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 81.2 years |
| 40 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 81.2 years |
| 47 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | OldhamNorth West | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 81.3 years |
| 47 joint | WiganNorth West | 81.3 years |
| 56 joint | BoltonNorth West | 81.4 years |
| 56 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 81.4 years |
| 56 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 81.4 years |
| 56 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 81.4 years |
| 60 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 81.5 years |
| 60 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 81.5 years |
| 60 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 81.5 years |
| 60 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 81.5 years |
| 64 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 81.6 years |
| 64 joint | HastingsSouth East | 81.6 years |
| 64 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 81.6 years |
| 64 joint | PrestonNorth West | 81.6 years |
| 64 joint | TorfaenWales | 81.6 years |
| 69 joint | AngusScotland | 81.7 years |
| 69 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 81.7 years |
| 69 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 81.7 years |
| 69 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 81.7 years |
| 69 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 81.7 years |
| 69 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 81.7 years |
| 75 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 81.8 years |
| 75 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 81.8 years |
| 75 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 81.8 years |
| 75 joint | LancasterNorth West | 81.8 years |
| 75 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 81.8 years |
| 75 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 81.8 years |
| 81 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 81.9 years |
| 81 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 81.9 years |
| 81 joint | BridgendWales | 81.9 years |
| 81 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 81.9 years |
| 81 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 81.9 years |
| 81 joint | PendleNorth West | 81.9 years |
| 81 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 81.9 years |
| 88 joint | BuryNorth West | 82 years |
| 88 joint | HighlandScotland | 82 years |
| 88 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 82 years |
| 88 joint | MidlothianScotland | 82 years |
| 88 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 82 years |
| 88 joint | SeftonNorth West | 82 years |
| 88 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 82 years |
| 88 joint | ThanetSouth East | 82 years |
| 88 joint | WirralNorth West | 82 years |
| 97 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 82.1 years |
| 97 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 82.1 years |
| 97 joint | NewportWales | 82.1 years |
| 97 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 82.1 years |
| 97 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 82.1 years |
| 97 joint | WrexhamWales | 82.1 years |
| 103 joint | CardiffWales | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | MorayScotland | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | StirlingScotland | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | SwanseaWales | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | TendringEast of England | 82.2 years |
| 103 joint | WyreNorth West | 82.2 years |
| 112 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 82.3 years |
| 112 joint | FenlandEast of England | 82.3 years |
| 112 joint | GosportSouth East | 82.3 years |
| 112 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 82.3 years |
| 112 joint | StevenageEast of England | 82.3 years |
| 112 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 82.3 years |
| 118 joint | FlintshireWales | 82.4 years |
| 118 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 82.4 years |
| 120 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 82.5 years |
| 120 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 82.5 years |
| 122 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | ConwyWales | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | East LothianScotland | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | LutonEast of England | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | MedwaySouth East | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | NorwichEast of England | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | SloughSouth East | 82.6 years |
| 122 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 82.6 years |
| 134 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 82.7 years |
| 134 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 82.7 years |
| 134 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 82.7 years |
| 134 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 82.7 years |
| 138 joint | HarlowEast of England | 82.8 years |
| 138 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 82.8 years |
| 138 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 82.8 years |
| 138 joint | Orkney IslandsScotland | 82.8 years |
| 138 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 82.8 years |
| 143 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 82.9 years |
| 143 joint | GreenwichLondon | 82.9 years |
| 143 joint | HackneyLondon | 82.9 years |
| 143 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 82.9 years |
| 143 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 82.9 years |
| 143 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 82.9 years |
| 143 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 82.9 years |
| 143 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 82.9 years |
| 151 joint | BristolSouth West | 83 years |
| 151 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 83 years |
| 151 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 83 years |
| 151 joint | IpswichEast of England | 83 years |
| 151 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 83 years |
| 151 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 83 years |
| 151 joint | RotherSouth East | 83 years |
| 158 joint | DartfordSouth East | 83.1 years |
| 158 joint | ExeterSouth West | 83.1 years |
| 158 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 83.1 years |
| 158 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 83.1 years |
| 158 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 83.1 years |
| 163 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | SwaleSouth East | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | TorbaySouth West | 83.2 years |
| 163 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 83.2 years |
| 172 joint | BasildonEast of England | 83.3 years |
| 172 joint | CeredigionWales | 83.3 years |
| 172 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 83.3 years |
| 172 joint | GwyneddWales | 83.3 years |
| 172 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 83.3 years |
| 172 joint | ReadingSouth East | 83.3 years |
| 178 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | FyldeNorth West | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | HavantSouth East | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 83.4 years |
| 178 joint | StockportNorth West | 83.4 years |
| 187 joint | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 83.5 years |
| 187 joint | BexleyLondon | 83.5 years |
| 187 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 83.5 years |
| 187 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 83.5 years |
| 187 joint | WorthingSouth East | 83.5 years |
| 192 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | CornwallSouth West | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | DoverSouth East | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | LewishamLondon | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | MaldonEast of England | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | NewhamLondon | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | North DevonSouth West | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | PowysWales | 83.6 years |
| 192 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 83.6 years |
| 206 joint | CanterburySouth East | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | IslingtonLondon | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | SwindonSouth West | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | TraffordNorth West | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 83.7 years |
| 206 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 83.7 years |
| 218 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | LambethLondon | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | WatfordEast of England | 83.8 years |
| 218 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 83.8 years |
| 228 joint | ArunSouth East | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | AshfordSouth East | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | BedfordEast of England | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 83.9 years |
| 228 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 83.9 years |
| 238 joint | AdurSouth East | 84 years |
| 238 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 84 years |
| 238 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 84 years |
| 238 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 84 years |
| 238 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 84 years |
| 238 joint | HaveringLondon | 84 years |
| 238 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 84 years |
| 238 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 84 years |
| 238 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 84 years |
| 238 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 84 years |
| 248 joint | CherwellSouth East | 84.1 years |
| 248 joint | CrawleySouth East | 84.1 years |
| 248 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 84.1 years |
| 248 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 84.1 years |
| 248 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 84.1 years |
| 248 joint | OxfordSouth East | 84.1 years |
| 248 joint | SomersetSouth West | 84.1 years |
| 255 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 84.2 years |
| 255 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 84.2 years |
| 255 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 84.2 years |
| 255 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 84.2 years |
| 255 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 84.2 years |
| 255 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 84.2 years |
| 261 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 84.3 years |
| 261 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 84.3 years |
| 261 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 84.3 years |
| 261 joint | CroydonLondon | 84.3 years |
| 261 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 84.3 years |
| 261 joint | RochfordEast of England | 84.3 years |
| 261 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 84.3 years |
| 268 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 84.4 years |
| 268 joint | StroudSouth West | 84.4 years |
| 268 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 84.4 years |
| 271 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 84.5 years |
| 271 joint | HillingdonLondon | 84.5 years |
| 271 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 84.5 years |
| 271 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 84.5 years |
| 271 joint | SuttonLondon | 84.5 years |
| 276 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 84.6 years |
| 276 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 84.6 years |
| 276 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 84.6 years |
| 276 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 84.6 years |
| 276 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 84.6 years |
| 281 joint | DacorumEast of England | 84.7 years |
| 281 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 84.7 years |
| 281 joint | HounslowLondon | 84.7 years |
| 281 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 84.7 years |
| 281 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 84.7 years |
| 281 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 84.7 years |
| 281 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 84.7 years |
| 281 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 84.7 years |
| 289 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 84.8 years |
| 289 joint | DorsetSouth West | 84.8 years |
| 289 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 84.8 years |
| 289 joint | LewesSouth East | 84.8 years |
| 289 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 84.8 years |
| 294 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 84.9 years |
| 294 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 84.9 years |
| 303 joint | BaberghEast of England | 85 years |
| 303 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 85 years |
| 303 joint | MertonLondon | 85 years |
| 303 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 85 years |
| 303 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 85 years |
| 303 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 85 years |
| 303 joint | WealdenSouth East | 85 years |
| 310 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 85.1 years |
| 310 joint | EnfieldLondon | 85.1 years |
| 310 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 85.1 years |
| 310 joint | WandsworthLondon | 85.1 years |
| 314 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 85.2 years |
| 314 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 85.2 years |
| 314 joint | EastleighSouth East | 85.2 years |
| 314 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 85.2 years |
| 314 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 85.2 years |
| 314 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 85.2 years |
| 314 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 85.2 years |
| 321 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 85.3 years |
| 321 joint | FarehamSouth East | 85.3 years |
| 321 joint | New ForestSouth East | 85.3 years |
| 321 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 85.3 years |
| 321 joint | West DevonSouth West | 85.3 years |
| 321 joint | WokingSouth East | 85.3 years |
| 327 joint | EalingLondon | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 85.4 years |
| 327 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 85.4 years |
| 336 joint | BrentLondon | 85.5 years |
| 336 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 85.5 years |
| 336 joint | HaringeyLondon | 85.5 years |
| 336 joint | HorshamSouth East | 85.5 years |
| 340 joint | East DevonSouth West | 85.6 years |
| 340 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 85.6 years |
| 340 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 85.6 years |
| 340 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 85.6 years |
| 340 joint | South HamsSouth West | 85.6 years |
| 345 joint | BromleyLondon | 85.7 years |
| 345 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 85.7 years |
| 347 joint | HarrowLondon | 85.8 years |
| 347 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 85.8 years |
| 349 joint | BarnetLondon | 85.9 years |
| 349 joint | CamdenLondon | 85.9 years |
| 349 joint | WaverleySouth East | 85.9 years |
| 352 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 86 years |
| 352 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 86 years |
| 354 | HartSouth East | 86.2 years |
| 355 | WinchesterSouth East | 86.3 years |
| 356 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 86.4 years |
| 356 joint | WestminsterLondon | 86.4 years |
| 358 | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 86.8 years |
| 359 | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 87.1 years |
Not in this list
- City of London and Isles of Scilly. Too few deaths here for ONS to estimate it.
ONS, Life expectancy for local areas of the UK, at birth, females, 2022 to 2024 · 2022 to 2024 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured
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