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Social housing in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

11.0% of households in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are social housing — council or housing-association homes. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

11.0%Social housing
19,113Social homes
173,854All households
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole11.0%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranks 316th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 173,854 households, 19,113 are social homes (11.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole compare with the UK average?

At -6.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole sits below the national level.

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“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 18 July 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).