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Social housing in Ards and North Down

12.6% of households in Ards and North Down are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

12.6%Social housing
8,891Social homes
70,484All households
Ards and North Down12.6%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Ards and North Down?

Ards and North Down ranks 273rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 70,484 households, 8,891 are social homes (12.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Ards and North Down compare with the UK average?

At -4.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Ards and North Down sits below the national level.

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Ards and North Down at a glance

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Broadband

Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

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Which areas are similar to Ards and North Down?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).