Adults often or always lonely, every council ranked
Adults who feel lonely often or always, from a survey of about 500 in each council, so give or take two or three points. Figures for 2024/25, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: East Hampshire, 1.4%. The council in the middle: Kirklees, 6.2%. Highest: Newcastle upon Tyne, 10.7%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East HampshireSouth East | 1.4% |
| 2 | RochfordEast of England | 2.1% |
| 3 | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 2.3% |
| 4 | City of LondonLondon | 2.5% |
| 5 | SevenoaksSouth East | 2.7% |
| 6 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 2.8% |
| 6 joint | WealdenSouth East | 2.8% |
| 8 | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 2.9% |
| 9 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 3% |
| 10 | WaverleySouth East | 3.1% |
| 11 | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 3.3% |
| 12 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 12 joint | South HamsSouth West | 3.4% |
| 14 | ShropshireWest Midlands | 3.5% |
| 15 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 3.6% |
| 15 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 3.6% |
| 15 joint | New ForestSouth East | 3.6% |
| 18 | ElmbridgeSouth East | 3.7% |
| 19 | Three RiversEast of England | 3.9% |
| 20 joint | DoverSouth East | 4% |
| 20 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 4% |
| 20 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 4% |
| 20 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 4% |
| 24 joint | BarnetLondon | 4.1% |
| 24 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 4.1% |
| 26 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 4.2% |
| 26 joint | LewesSouth East | 4.2% |
| 26 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 4.2% |
| 26 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 4.2% |
| 30 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 4.3% |
| 30 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 4.3% |
| 30 joint | HartSouth East | 4.3% |
| 30 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 4.3% |
| 30 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 4.3% |
| 35 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 4.4% |
| 35 joint | StroudSouth West | 4.4% |
| 35 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 4.4% |
| 35 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 4.4% |
| 35 joint | WokingSouth East | 4.4% |
| 40 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 4.5% |
| 40 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 4.5% |
| 40 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 4.5% |
| 43 joint | CanterburySouth East | 4.6% |
| 43 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 4.6% |
| 43 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 4.6% |
| 43 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 4.6% |
| 47 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 4.7% |
| 47 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 4.7% |
| 47 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 4.7% |
| 47 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 4.7% |
| 47 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 4.7% |
| 47 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 4.7% |
| 53 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 4.8% |
| 53 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 4.8% |
| 53 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 4.8% |
| 53 joint | TendringEast of England | 4.8% |
| 57 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 4.9% |
| 57 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 4.9% |
| 57 joint | HaringeyLondon | 4.9% |
| 57 joint | HarrowLondon | 4.9% |
| 57 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 4.9% |
| 57 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 4.9% |
| 57 joint | RotherSouth East | 4.9% |
| 57 joint | StockportNorth West | 4.9% |
| 65 joint | FyldeNorth West | 5% |
| 65 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 5% |
| 65 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 5% |
| 68 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 5.1% |
| 68 joint | DorsetSouth West | 5.1% |
| 68 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 5.1% |
| 71 joint | ArunSouth East | 5.2% |
| 71 joint | BexleyLondon | 5.2% |
| 71 joint | East DevonSouth West | 5.2% |
| 71 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 5.2% |
| 71 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 5.2% |
| 71 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 5.2% |
| 71 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 5.2% |
| 78 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | HorshamSouth East | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | MaldonEast of England | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | TorbaySouth West | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | WatfordEast of England | 5.3% |
| 78 joint | West DevonSouth West | 5.3% |
| 88 joint | AdurSouth East | 5.4% |
| 88 joint | BedfordEast of England | 5.4% |
| 88 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 5.4% |
| 88 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.4% |
| 88 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.4% |
| 88 joint | TraffordNorth West | 5.4% |
| 88 joint | WandsworthLondon | 5.4% |
| 95 joint | BaberghEast of England | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | FarehamSouth East | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | SomersetSouth West | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | SwindonSouth West | 5.5% |
| 95 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 5.5% |
| 104 joint | DacorumEast of England | 5.6% |
| 104 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 5.6% |
| 104 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 5.6% |
| 104 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 5.6% |
| 104 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 5.6% |
| 104 joint | StevenageEast of England | 5.6% |
| 104 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 5.6% |
| 111 joint | BromleyLondon | 5.7% |
| 111 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 5.7% |
| 111 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 5.7% |
| 111 joint | CroydonLondon | 5.7% |
| 111 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 5.7% |
| 111 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 5.7% |
| 111 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 5.7% |
| 118 joint | BrentLondon | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | HavantSouth East | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | LambethLondon | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | NorwichEast of England | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 5.8% |
| 118 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 5.8% |
| 127 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 5.9% |
| 127 joint | CamdenLondon | 5.9% |
| 127 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 5.9% |
| 127 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 5.9% |
| 127 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 5.9% |
| 127 joint | OxfordSouth East | 5.9% |
| 127 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 5.9% |
| 127 joint | WirralNorth West | 5.9% |
| 135 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 6% |
| 135 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 6% |
| 135 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 6% |
| 135 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 6% |
| 135 joint | WestminsterLondon | 6% |
| 135 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 6% |
| 141 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 6.1% |
| 141 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 6.1% |
| 141 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 6.1% |
| 141 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 6.1% |
| 141 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 6.1% |
| 146 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 6.2% |
| 146 joint | HaltonNorth West | 6.2% |
| 146 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 6.2% |
| 146 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 6.2% |
| 146 joint | SeftonNorth West | 6.2% |
| 146 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 6.2% |
| 146 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 6.2% |
| 146 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 6.2% |
| 154 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | HarlowEast of England | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | MedwaySouth East | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 6.3% |
| 154 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 6.3% |
| 166 joint | GreenwichLondon | 6.4% |
| 166 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 6.4% |
| 166 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 6.4% |
| 166 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 6.4% |
| 166 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 6.4% |
| 166 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 6.4% |
| 172 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 6.5% |
| 172 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 6.5% |
| 172 joint | CornwallSouth West | 6.5% |
| 172 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 6.5% |
| 172 joint | MertonLondon | 6.5% |
| 172 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 6.5% |
| 178 joint | AshfordSouth East | 6.6% |
| 178 joint | HillingdonLondon | 6.6% |
| 178 joint | SuttonLondon | 6.6% |
| 178 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 6.6% |
| 178 joint | WyreNorth West | 6.6% |
| 183 | RochdaleNorth West | 6.7% |
| 184 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 6.8% |
| 184 joint | IslingtonLondon | 6.8% |
| 184 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 6.8% |
| 184 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 6.8% |
| 184 joint | PendleNorth West | 6.8% |
| 184 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 6.8% |
| 184 joint | SalfordNorth West | 6.8% |
| 184 joint | WorthingSouth East | 6.8% |
| 192 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 6.9% |
| 192 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 6.9% |
| 192 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 6.9% |
| 192 joint | North DevonSouth West | 6.9% |
| 192 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 6.9% |
| 192 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 6.9% |
| 192 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 6.9% |
| 192 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 6.9% |
| 200 joint | BuryNorth West | 7% |
| 200 joint | CherwellSouth East | 7% |
| 200 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 7% |
| 200 joint | HastingsSouth East | 7% |
| 200 joint | LancasterNorth West | 7% |
| 200 joint | OldhamNorth West | 7% |
| 200 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 7% |
| 200 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 7% |
| 200 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 7% |
| 200 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 7% |
| 210 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 7.1% |
| 210 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 7.1% |
| 210 joint | HounslowLondon | 7.1% |
| 210 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 7.1% |
| 210 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 7.1% |
| 210 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 7.1% |
| 210 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 7.1% |
| 210 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 7.1% |
| 218 joint | EalingLondon | 7.2% |
| 218 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 7.2% |
| 218 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 7.2% |
| 221 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 7.3% |
| 221 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 7.3% |
| 221 joint | EnfieldLondon | 7.3% |
| 221 joint | ExeterSouth West | 7.3% |
| 225 joint | IpswichEast of England | 7.4% |
| 225 joint | LewishamLondon | 7.4% |
| 225 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 7.4% |
| 228 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 7.5% |
| 228 joint | DartfordSouth East | 7.5% |
| 228 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 7.5% |
| 228 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 7.5% |
| 232 joint | CrawleySouth East | 7.6% |
| 232 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 7.6% |
| 232 joint | SloughSouth East | 7.6% |
| 232 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 7.6% |
| 232 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 7.6% |
| 237 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 7.7% |
| 237 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 7.7% |
| 237 joint | TamesideNorth West | 7.7% |
| 240 joint | BristolSouth West | 7.8% |
| 240 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 7.8% |
| 240 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 7.8% |
| 240 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 7.8% |
| 244 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 7.9% |
| 244 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 7.9% |
| 244 joint | SwaleSouth East | 7.9% |
| 244 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 7.9% |
| 248 joint | EastleighSouth East | 8% |
| 248 joint | GosportSouth East | 8% |
| 250 | HyndburnNorth West | 8.1% |
| 251 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 8.2% |
| 251 joint | HackneyLondon | 8.2% |
| 251 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 8.2% |
| 251 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 8.2% |
| 251 joint | WiganNorth West | 8.2% |
| 256 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 8.4% |
| 256 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 8.4% |
| 256 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 8.4% |
| 259 joint | FenlandEast of England | 8.5% |
| 259 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 8.5% |
| 261 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 8.6% |
| 261 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 8.6% |
| 261 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 8.6% |
| 264 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 8.7% |
| 264 joint | HaveringLondon | 8.7% |
| 264 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 8.7% |
| 264 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 8.7% |
| 268 | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 8.8% |
| 269 joint | BoltonNorth West | 8.9% |
| 269 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 8.9% |
| 269 joint | PrestonNorth West | 8.9% |
| 272 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 9% |
| 272 joint | ThanetSouth East | 9% |
| 272 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 9% |
| 275 | LiverpoolNorth West | 9.1% |
| 276 joint | BasildonEast of England | 9.2% |
| 276 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 9.2% |
| 276 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 9.2% |
| 276 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 9.2% |
| 280 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 9.4% |
| 280 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 9.4% |
| 280 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 9.4% |
| 280 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 9.4% |
| 284 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 9.5% |
| 284 joint | NewhamLondon | 9.5% |
| 286 joint | ReadingSouth East | 9.6% |
| 286 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 9.6% |
| 288 | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 9.9% |
| 289 | LeicesterEast Midlands | 10% |
| 290 | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 10.1% |
| 291 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 10.2% |
| 291 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 10.2% |
| 293 | LutonEast of England | 10.3% |
| 294 | LincolnEast Midlands | 10.4% |
| 295 | NottinghamEast Midlands | 10.6% |
| 296 | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 10.7% |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland publishes no survey of loneliness by council.
- Scotland. Scotland's survey asks about the last week, so it is shown in the app as Scotland's own figure.
- Wales. The National Survey for Wales asks this, but gives its council results only in an online viewer.
DCMS, Community Life Survey 2024/25, annual data tables · 2024/25 · fetched 27 October 2026 · How this is measured
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