Social housing in Worthing

9.8% of households in Worthing are social housing — council or housing-association homes. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

9.8%Social housing
4,835Social homes
49,535All households
Worthing9.8%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Worthing?

Worthing ranks 346th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 49,535 households, 4,835 are social homes (9.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Worthing compare with the UK average?

At -7.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Worthing 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).