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+

4,010 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: Supported-living locations

Highest registered-location rate
Rank	Council area	Rate/10,000	Locations	Population 65+	Checked within 5 years
1	Barking and Dagenham	27.78	57	20,520	22
2	Milton Keynes	19.82	89	44,895	31
3	Leicester	17.81	85	47,719	35
4	Peterborough	15.30	50	32,673	13
5	Gloucester	14.64	35	23,910	14
6	Nottingham	14.31	57	39,820	12
7	Dartford	11.76	20	17,008	9
8	Wolverhampton	11.41	52	45,574	19
9	Redbridge	11.15	46	41,272	20
10	Coventry	11.03	57	51,703	15
11	Birmingham	10.82	169	156,241	52
12	Greenwich	10.77	36	33,428	16
13	Slough	10.73	18	16,780	4
14	Newham	10.58	31	29,303	12
15	Thurrock	10.47	26	24,842	12
16	Stevenage	10.24	15	14,643	7
17	North Northamptonshire	9.92	70	70,585	34
18	West Northamptonshire	9.52	75	78,808	28
19	Southampton	9.40	34	36,191	8
20	Sandwell	9.13	47	51,493	19

Lowest registered-location rate: Supported-living locations

Lowest registered-location rate
Rank	Council area	Rate/10,000	Locations	Population 65+	Checked within 5 years
1	Great Yarmouth	0.00	0	25,483	0
2	Melton	0.00	0	13,341	0
3	Ribble Valley	0.00	0	16,979	0
4	Rother	0.00	0	31,939	0
5	Rushcliffe	0.00	0	28,728	0
6	West Lancashire	0.00	0	28,179	0
7	Westminster	0.00	0	27,643	0
8	Wyre	0.29	1	34,913	1
9	West Oxfordshire	0.36	1	27,800	0
10	Sevenoaks	0.36	1	27,667	0
11	North West Leicestershire	0.44	1	23,011	0
12	Derbyshire Dales	0.46	1	21,563	0
13	Hastings	0.51	1	19,444	0
14	Gosport	0.52	1	19,161	0
15	Wychavon	0.55	2	36,259	1
16	East Devon	0.62	3	48,799	1
17	Adur	0.63	1	15,865	1
18	East Lindsey	0.64	3	47,193	2
19	Wealden	0.65	3	46,424	1
20	North Kesteven	0.67	2	29,929	1

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.