Social housing in Rhondda Cynon Taf

13.7% of households in Rhondda Cynon Taf are social housing — council or housing-association homes. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

13.7%Social housing
14,175Social homes
103,342All households
Rhondda Cynon Taf13.7%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Rhondda Cynon Taf?

Rhondda Cynon Taf ranks 219th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 103,342 households, 14,175 are social homes (13.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Rhondda Cynon Taf compare with the UK average?

At -3.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Rhondda Cynon Taf 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).