Social housing in Derby

18.8% of households in Derby are social housing — council or housing-association homes. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.

18.8%Social housing
19,843Social homes
105,631All households
Derby18.8%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Derby?

Derby ranks 103rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 105,631 households, 19,843 are social homes (18.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Derby compare with the UK average?

At +1.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Derby sits close to the national level.

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Which areas are similar to Derby?

“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).