League table · 164 areas
District council spending per resident
District councils are the lower tier in two-tier areas. Social care and education sit with the county, so these budgets are much smaller than a unitary council and are ranked only against each other.
This is the council budget only (net current service expenditure). NHS, pensions, Universal Credit and debt interest are not included. In two-tier counties, education and social care sit with the county, not the district.
| # | District | Per resident | Total budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spelthorne | £371 | £39.7m |
| 2 | Cambridge | £261 | £39.1m |
| 3 | Watford | £256 | £27.6m |
| 4 | Hastings | £253 | £23.0m |
| 5 | East Lindsey | £250 | £36.7m |
| 6 | Colchester | £248 | £49.8m |
| 7 | Thanet | £244 | £35.1m |
| 8 | Lewes | £230 | £23.6m |
| 9 | Oxford | £228 | £37.8m |
| 10 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | £226 | £28.9m |
| 11 | Dartford | £224 | £28.3m |
| 12 | Mid Suffolk | £221 | £25.0m |
| 13 | Cherwell | £218 | £37.5m |
| 14 | Hyndburn | £215 | £18.7m |
| 15 | Epsom & Ewell | £212 | £17.7m |
| 16 | East Suffolk | £210 | £52.5m |
| 17 | Elmbridge | £209 | £29.7m |
| 18 | Ipswich | £207 | £28.9m |
| 19 | Norwich City | £207 | £30.2m |
| 20 | West Lancashire | £207 | £25.6m |
| 21 | North West Leicestershire | £205 | £23.2m |
| 22 | Derbyshire Dales | £205 | £14.7m |
| 23 | Babergh | £204 | £19.9m |
| 24 | Dover | £204 | £24.6m |
| 25 | Preston | £203 | £33.5m |
| 26 | Lincoln City | £201 | £20.8m |
| 27 | Boston | £199 | £14.3m |
| 28 | Cotswold | £197 | £18.0m |
| 29 | Bassetlaw | £196 | £24.7m |
| 30 | Newark & Sherwood | £195 | £25.1m |
| 31 | South Hams | £195 | £18.1m |
| 32 | Tamworth | £194 | £15.8m |
| 33 | Crawley | £193 | £24.0m |
| 34 | East Hertfordshire | £192 | £30.4m |
| 35 | Lancaster | £192 | £27.9m |
| 36 | Surrey Heath | £189 | £18.0m |
| 37 | Melton | £189 | £10.3m |
| 38 | West Devon | £188 | £11.1m |
| 39 | Maldon | £188 | £13.2m |
| 40 | Burnley | £188 | £19.0m |
| 41 | Cannock Chase | £187 | £19.5m |
| 42 | Adur | £186 | £12.1m |
| 43 | Basingstoke & Deane | £186 | £36.2m |
| 44 | North Warwickshire | £186 | £12.6m |
| 45 | East Cambridgeshire | £184 | £17.4m |
| 46 | Bolsover | £184 | £15.5m |
| 47 | Ashfield | £183 | £23.9m |
| 48 | Swale | £183 | £29.4m |
| 49 | Great Yarmouth | £183 | £18.4m |
| 50 | Epping Forest | £182 | £25.2m |
| 51 | East Devon | £181 | £28.9m |
| 52 | Test Valley | £181 | £24.5m |
| 53 | Basildon | £180 | £34.8m |
| 54 | Uttlesford | £179 | £17.3m |
| 55 | South Ribble | £179 | £21.0m |
| 56 | North Norfolk | £178 | £18.4m |
| 57 | Torridge | £176 | £12.4m |
| 58 | Chelmsford | £176 | £33.5m |
| 59 | Woking | £176 | £18.7m |
| 60 | Forest of Dean | £175 | £15.8m |
| 61 | Rother | £174 | £16.8m |
| 62 | Harborough | £174 | £18.6m |
| 63 | Broxbourne | £174 | £18.0m |
| 64 | South Staffordshire | £174 | £20.0m |
| 65 | Harlow | £172 | £17.0m |
| 66 | Breckland | £172 | £25.4m |
| 67 | Hertsmere | £172 | £18.9m |
| 68 | Gosport | £171 | £14.2m |
| 69 | West Lindsey | £171 | £17.0m |
| 70 | Mole Valley | £170 | £15.1m |
| 71 | South Derbyshire | £170 | £20.3m |
| 72 | East Hampshire | £169 | £22.0m |
| 73 | Pendle | £167 | £16.8m |
| 74 | Stroud | £167 | £21.1m |
| 75 | Tewkesbury | £167 | £17.3m |
| 76 | East Staffordshire | £167 | £21.9m |
| 77 | Ashford | £167 | £23.7m |
| 78 | Runnymede | £166 | £15.4m |
| 79 | Horsham | £166 | £25.2m |
| 80 | Fenland | £165 | £17.5m |
| 81 | Havant | £165 | £21.1m |
| 82 | North Hertfordshire | £165 | £22.7m |
| 83 | Worthing | £164 | £18.6m |
| 84 | Rugby | £164 | £20.6m |
| 85 | Eastbourne | £164 | £17.0m |
| 86 | Folkestone & Hythe | £162 | £18.2m |
| 87 | South Oxfordshire | £162 | £25.6m |
| 88 | Tonbridge & Malling | £162 | £22.3m |
| 89 | North East Derbyshire | £161 | £17.4m |
| 90 | Three Rivers | £161 | £15.4m |
| 91 | Vale of White Horse | £160 | £24.4m |
| 92 | Gravesham | £160 | £17.8m |
| 93 | Warwick | £160 | £25.3m |
| 94 | Wyre | £160 | £19.3m |
| 95 | Tendring | £160 | £25.4m |
| 96 | Huntingdonshire | £159 | £30.6m |
| 97 | Worcester | £159 | £17.0m |
| 98 | Redditch | £158 | £13.9m |
| 99 | Mid Sussex | £157 | £25.7m |
| 100 | Welwyn Hatfield | £157 | £19.1m |
| 101 | Arun | £156 | £26.9m |
| 102 | Canterbury | £156 | £25.4m |
| 103 | Reigate and Banstead | £155 | £24.8m |
| 104 | South Cambridgeshire | £153 | £26.7m |
| 105 | Wealden | £153 | £25.7m |
| 106 | Sevenoaks | £152 | £18.7m |
| 107 | Cheltenham | £150 | £18.2m |
| 108 | Guildford | £148 | £22.6m |
| 109 | Staffordshire Moorlands | £148 | £14.3m |
| 110 | Maidstone | £148 | £28.2m |
| 111 | King's Lynn & West Norfolk | £147 | £23.1m |
| 112 | Rochford | £147 | £13.3m |
| 113 | Gedling | £147 | £17.8m |
| 114 | Rossendale | £146 | £10.7m |
| 115 | Exeter | £146 | £20.1m |
| 116 | Dacorum | £145 | £23.5m |
| 117 | Stratford-on-Avon | £144 | £21.5m |
| 118 | Wychavon | £143 | £20.0m |
| 119 | Castle Point | £143 | £13.0m |
| 120 | Tandridge | £143 | £12.9m |
| 121 | Mid Devon | £143 | £12.2m |
| 122 | Teignbridge | £142 | £19.7m |
| 123 | Chichester | £142 | £18.5m |
| 124 | Winchester | £141 | £19.3m |
| 125 | Tunbridge Wells | £139 | £16.7m |
| 126 | Chesterfield | £138 | £14.7m |
| 127 | Ribble Valley | £138 | £9.3m |
| 128 | Fylde | £137 | £11.9m |
| 129 | Malvern Hills | £137 | £11.5m |
| 130 | Braintree | £136 | £22.7m |
| 131 | North Kesteven | £135 | £16.6m |
| 132 | Stafford | £135 | £19.2m |
| 133 | Fareham | £134 | £15.5m |
| 134 | High Peak | £134 | £12.3m |
| 135 | Blaby | £133 | £14.4m |
| 136 | West Oxfordshire | £131 | £15.9m |
| 137 | New Forest | £131 | £23.1m |
| 138 | Chorley | £131 | £15.9m |
| 139 | West Suffolk | £129 | £24.5m |
| 140 | North Devon | £128 | £12.9m |
| 141 | Amber Valley | £126 | £16.7m |
| 142 | Charnwood | £126 | £24.0m |
| 143 | Wyre Forest | £125 | £13.0m |
| 144 | Erewash | £124 | £14.1m |
| 145 | Stevenage | £123 | £11.3m |
| 146 | South Holland | £123 | £12.3m |
| 147 | South Norfolk | £122 | £18.3m |
| 148 | Broxtowe | £121 | £13.8m |
| 149 | Rushcliffe | £121 | £15.4m |
| 150 | St Albans | £120 | £18.1m |
| 151 | Rushmoor | £119 | £12.6m |
| 152 | Bromsgrove | £118 | £12.1m |
| 153 | Lichfield | £118 | £13.4m |
| 154 | Mansfield | £117 | £13.3m |
| 155 | South Kesteven | £114 | £16.9m |
| 156 | Oadby & Wigston | £113 | £7.0m |
| 157 | Waverley | £109 | £14.9m |
| 158 | Hinckley & Bosworth | £107 | £12.7m |
| 159 | Broadland | £106 | £14.8m |
| 160 | Eastleigh | £105 | £15.1m |
| 161 | Gloucester | £100 | £13.9m |
| 162 | Brentwood | £92 | £7.3m |
| 163 | Hart | £87 | £9.0m |
| 164 | Nuneaton & Bedworth | £74 | £10.7m |
Common questions
Which district council spends the most per resident?
Spelthorne spends the most per resident among district councils.
Why are district budgets small?
Counties, not districts, run social care, education and highways in two-tier areas.