Areas with the oldest populations in Great Britain

Local authorities with the highest share of residents aged 65 and over.

#	Local authority	County	Figure
1	North Norfolk	Norfolk	34%
2	Rother	East Sussex	32%
3	Dorset	Dorset	30%
4	East Devon	Devon	30%
5	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	30%
6	Tendring	Essex	30%
7	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries	29%
8	Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight	29%
9	New Forest	Hampshire	29%
10	Powys	Powys	28%
11	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	28%
12	Scottish Borders	Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale	28%
13	Torridge	Devon	28%
14	South Hams	Devon	28%
15	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Western Isles	28%
16	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	28%
17	Argyll and Bute	Argyll and Bute	28%
18	West Devon	Devon	28%
19	East Suffolk	Suffolk	28%
20	Arun	West Sussex	28%
21	South Ayrshire	Ayrshire and Arran	28%
22	Isles of Scilly	Cornwall	28%
23	Fylde	Lancashire	28%
24	Wyre	Lancashire	28%
25	Teignbridge	Devon	27%
26	Conwy	Clwyd	27%
27	Angus	Angus	27%
28	Orkney Islands	Orkney	27%
29	Chichester	West Sussex	27%
30	Babergh	Suffolk	27%
31	Wealden	East Sussex	27%
32	Torbay	Devon	27%
33	Herefordshire, County of	Herefordshire	26%
34	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	26%
35	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	26%
36	Westmorland and Furness	Cumbria	26%
37	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	26%
38	Pembrokeshire	Dyfed	26%
39	Ceredigion	Dyfed	26%
40	Perth and Kinross	Perth and Kinross	26%
41	Monmouthshire	Gwent	26%
42	Isle of Anglesey	Gwynedd	26%
43	North Devon	Devon	26%
44	Broadland	Norfolk	26%
45	East Riding of Yorkshire	East Riding of Yorkshire	26%
46	Lewes	East Sussex	26%
47	Highland	Ross and Cromarty	25%
48	Wychavon	Worcestershire	25%
49	Somerset	Somerset	25%
50	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	25%
51	Northumberland	Northumberland	25%
52	North Yorkshire	North Yorkshire	25%
53	Shropshire	Shropshire	25%
54	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	25%
55	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	25%
56	Denbighshire	Clwyd	25%
57	Fareham	Hampshire	25%
58	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	25%
59	Cornwall	Cornwall	25%
60	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 / mid-year estimates. Showing the top 60.

Areas with the oldest populations in Great Britain

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