Housing Map

Social housing in Scottish Borders

20.9% of households in Scottish Borders are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.

20.9%Social housing
11,628Social homes
55,596All households
Scottish Borders20.9%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Scottish Borders?

Scottish Borders ranks 74th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 55,596 households, 11,628 are social homes (20.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Scottish Borders compare with the UK average?

At +3.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Scottish Borders sits above the national level.

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Scottish Borders at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Scottish Borders.

Broadband

Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

Explore Scottish Borders

See Scottish Borders through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:

Which areas are similar to Scottish Borders?

“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 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).