Listz area intelligence

Registered care provision for older residents

Name: English council registered care-location rankings
Creator: Listz
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Compare care homes, nursing homes, home-care agencies, supported living and dementia-support locations across English council areas.

294 councilsWith at least 10,000 residents aged 65+

4,283 locationsMatching this service selection

Per 10,000 aged 65+Population-normalised comparison

This measures registered locations—not beds, available places or quality. A higher rate may indicate more registered service locations, but it does not measure staffing, capacity, fees, waiting lists, inspection ratings or travel time. One location can appear in more than one service measure.

Highest registered-location rate: Nursing-home locations

Highest registered-location rate
Rank	Council area	Rate/10,000	Locations	Population 65+	Checked within 5 years
1	Surrey Heath	10.15	20	19,705	17
2	Reigate and Banstead	9.08	27	29,736	20
3	Kingston upon Thames	8.64	23	26,622	16
4	Eastbourne	8.33	22	26,399	14
5	Worthing	8.29	22	26,544	17
6	Waverley	8.16	25	30,622	15
7	Mole Valley	7.63	17	22,282	12
8	Tandridge	7.60	15	19,749	9
9	West Oxfordshire	7.19	20	27,800	8
10	Windsor and Maidenhead	6.81	21	30,854	9
11	Cherwell	6.72	21	31,273	10
12	Bromsgrove	6.61	16	24,209	10
13	Tunbridge Wells	6.53	16	24,503	8
14	South Oxfordshire	6.43	22	34,197	8
15	Ashfield	6.38	17	26,650	13
16	Preston	6.30	15	23,825	14
17	Bolsover	6.21	11	17,714	8
18	Newcastle upon Tyne	6.19	30	48,474	24
19	Lincoln	6.18	10	16,171	8
20	Hastings	6.17	12	19,444	11

Lowest registered-location rate: Nursing-home locations

Lowest registered-location rate
Rank	Council area	Rate/10,000	Locations	Population 65+	Checked within 5 years
1	Basildon	0.60	2	33,442	1
2	Waltham Forest	0.64	2	31,338	2
3	Haringey	0.64	2	31,069	2
4	Melton	0.75	1	13,341	1
5	Blaby	0.89	2	22,554	2
6	Tower Hamlets	0.98	2	20,317	2
7	Southwark	1.00	3	29,969	2
8	Maldon	1.08	2	18,541	2
9	Broxbourne	1.11	2	18,051	1
10	Redditch	1.17	2	17,174	2
11	Crawley	1.17	2	17,135	2
12	Ribble Valley	1.18	2	16,979	1
13	Harborough	1.22	3	24,509	3
14	Hackney	1.27	3	23,716	2
15	Castle Point	1.28	3	23,502	2
16	Teignbridge	1.28	5	39,172	0
17	East Riding of Yorkshire	1.31	13	99,256	8
18	High Peak	1.38	3	21,824	3
19	Harlow	1.38	2	14,490	2
20	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	1.42	6	42,344	3

Methodology and limitations

Ranking measure

Current CQC care-directory locations mapped by postcode to current council geography, divided by the council's 2025 population aged 65+.

Eligibility threshold

Rankings require at least 10,000 residents aged 65+. This excludes two very small older populations whose rates would otherwise be unstable.

Service selection

Measures use CQC service-type and specialism labels. Care homes combine nursing-home and residential-home labels; dementia support also requires an older-adult specialism.

Geographic scope

CQC regulates England. Welsh care services are not included and require a separate Care Inspectorate Wales dataset.

Sources: Care Quality Commission care directory; Office for National Statistics population estimates via Nomis; ONS Postcode Directory. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.