Social housing in North Tyneside

20.6% of households in North Tyneside are social housing — council or housing-association homes. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.

20.6%Social housing
19,773Social homes
96,212All households
North Tyneside20.6%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in North Tyneside?

North Tyneside ranks 79th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 96,212 households, 19,773 are social homes (20.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does North Tyneside compare with the UK average?

At +3.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, North Tyneside 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).