Housing Map

Social housing in Belfast

26.3% of households in Belfast are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.

26.3%Social housing
39,203Social homes
149,191All households
Belfast26.3%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Belfast?

Belfast ranks 30th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 149,191 households, 39,203 are social homes (26.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Belfast compare with the UK average?

At +8.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Belfast sits above the national level.

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Belfast at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Belfast.

Broadband

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

Explore Belfast

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Which areas are similar to Belfast?

“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).