Social housing in Ealing

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

17.5%Social housing
23,371Social homes
133,589All households
Ealing17.5%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Ealing?

Ealing ranks 123rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 133,589 households, 23,371 are social homes (17.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Ealing compare with the UK average?

At -0.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Ealing sits close to the national level.

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Which areas are similar to Ealing?

“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).