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Social housing in Argyll and Bute

19.1% of households in Argyll and Bute are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.

19.1%Social housing
7,991Social homes
41,824All households
Argyll and Bute19.1%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Argyll and Bute?

Argyll and Bute ranks 97th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 41,824 households, 7,991 are social homes (19.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Argyll and Bute compare with the UK average?

At +1.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Argyll and Bute sits close to the national level.

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Argyll and Bute at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Argyll and Bute.

Broadband

Median available download speed is about 30 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

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Which areas are similar to Argyll and Bute?

“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).