Social housing in Derry City and Strabane

22.7% of households in Derry City and Strabane are social housing — council or housing-association homes. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.

22.7%Social housing
13,828Social homes
60,909All households
Derry City and Strabane22.7%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Derry City and Strabane?

Derry City and Strabane ranks 54th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 60,909 households, 13,828 are social homes (22.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Derry City and Strabane compare with the UK average?

At +5.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Derry City and Strabane sits above 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).