Monmouthshire tops the ranking, with 72% of homes owned, ahead of Bridgend and Carmarthenshire. The full ranking is below, each entry linked to its page.

# County Owned
1 Monmouthshire 72%
2 Bridgend 71%
3 Carmarthenshire 71%
4 Flintshire 71%
5 Rutland 71%
6 Surrey 71%
7 Cheshire 70%
8 Cumbria 70%
9 Gloucestershire 70%
10 The Vale of Glamorgan 70%
11 West Sussex 70%
12 Ceredigion 69%
13 Essex 69%
14 Somerset 69%
15 Warwickshire 69%
16 Worcestershire 69%
17 Caerphilly 68%
18 Conwy 68%
19 Denbighshire 68%
20 Derbyshire 68%
21 Isle of Anglesey 68%
22 Isle of Wight 68%
23 Powys 68%
24 Rhondda Cynon Taf 68%
25 Staffordshire 68%
26 Buckinghamshire 67%
27 Cornwall 67%
28 Devon 67%
29 Dorset 67%
30 Herefordshire 67%
31 Kent 67%
32 Lancashire 67%
33 Lincolnshire 67%
34 Neath Port Talbot 67%
35 North Yorkshire 67%
36 Pembrokeshire 67%
37 Shropshire 67%
38 Wiltshire 67%
39 Gwynedd 66%
40 Hampshire 66%
41 Hertfordshire 66%
42 Leicestershire 66%
43 Norfolk 66%
44 Northamptonshire 66%
45 Northumberland 66%
46 Suffolk 66%
47 Bedfordshire 65%
48 Berkshire 65%
49 Oxfordshire 65%
50 Torfaen 65%
51 Nottinghamshire 64%
52 Cambridgeshire 63%
53 County Durham 63%
54 East Riding of Yorkshire 63%
55 East Sussex 63%
56 Merthyr Tydfil 63%
57 Newport 63%
58 Swansea 63%
59 Wrexham 63%
60 West Yorkshire 62%
61 Scottish Borders 61%
62 South Yorkshire 61%
63 Blaenau Gwent 60%
64 Cardiff 59%
65 Greater Manchester 59%
66 Merseyside 59%
67 West Midlands 59%
68 Tyne and Wear 57%
69 Bristol 56%
70 Greater London 47%

Source: ONS Census 2021. Compiled by Postcodes UK.

Frequently asked questions

Which UK county has the highest home ownership?

Monmouthshire tops the list, with 72% of homes owned, followed by Bridgend and Carmarthenshire.

How is this ranking measured?

This ranking is based on ONS Census 2021. It covers the ceremonial counties of England and the council and principal areas of Scotland and Wales.