Social housing by local authority

The share of households in social housing — council or housing-association homes — for every UK local authority, from the 2021–22 Census. The UK average is 17.5%. Select an authority for its figures, or open the interactive map. The full table is also available as a downloadable CSV (open data, OGL v3.0; page updated 18 July 2026).

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Social housing in all 374 UK local authorities, ranked by share of households in council or housing-association homes (2021–22 Census).
Rank	Local authority	Social housing	Social homes	All households
1	Hackney	40.5%	42,952	106,077
2	Islington	40.2%	38,785	96,490
3	Southwark	39.7%	51,955	130,812
4	Tower Hamlets	35.9%	43,215	120,491
5	Glasgow City	34.8%	102,310	293,701
6	Camden	33.7%	31,249	92,747
7	West Dunbartonshire	33.7%	14,334	42,574
8	Lambeth	33.6%	45,245	134,721
9	Barking and Dagenham	31.5%	23,281	73,927
10	Greenwich	31.0%	35,368	114,070
11	Norwich	30.3%	19,516	64,452
12	Hammersmith and Fulham	29.8%	24,246	81,273
13	South Tyneside	29.6%	20,220	68,315
14	Manchester	29.5%	63,286	214,811
15	Harlow	29.4%	11,111	37,854
16	Lewisham	29.2%	35,724	122,354
17	Westminster	28.3%	26,796	94,836
18	Newham	28.1%	32,414	115,497
19	North Lanarkshire	27.8%	42,117	151,288
20	Kensington and Chelsea	27.6%	18,442	66,860
21	Newcastle upon Tyne	27.3%	33,502	122,848
22	Kingston upon Hull	27.0%	31,164	115,448
23	Clackmannanshire	26.9%	6,461	24,045
24	Sunderland	26.7%	32,586	122,177
25	Sandwell	26.6%	34,620	130,290
26	North Ayrshire	26.4%	16,968	64,214
27	Liverpool	26.4%	54,755	207,569
28	Dundee City	26.3%	18,372	69,850
29	Stevenage	26.3%	9,591	36,485
30	Belfast	26.3%	39,203	149,191
31	East Ayrshire	25.5%	14,150	55,395
32	Nottingham	25.5%	31,803	124,720
33	Salford	25.4%	29,228	115,110
34	Welwyn Hatfield	25.3%	11,718	46,258
35	Knowsley	25.3%	16,696	66,048
36	Haringey	25.2%	26,467	105,076
37	Wolverhampton	25.2%	26,462	105,146
38	Inverclyde	25.1%	9,389	37,367
39	Gateshead	25.1%	22,331	89,045
40	Falkirk	24.9%	18,017	72,499
41	West Lothian	24.5%	19,579	79,824
42	Halton	24.3%	13,610	55,896
43	Torfaen	23.8%	9,583	40,253
44	Blaenau Gwent	23.7%	7,194	30,343
45	Walsall	23.7%	26,588	112,272
46	Birmingham	23.5%	99,551	423,529
47	Brent	23.5%	27,866	118,602
48	Hartlepool	23.5%	9,601	40,926
49	Middlesbrough	23.3%	14,009	60,227
50	Leicester	23.1%	29,487	127,390
51	Midlothian	23.0%	9,455	41,060
52	Crawley	22.9%	10,440	45,520
53	Shetland Islands	22.7%	2,406	10,594
54	Derry City and Strabane	22.7%	13,828	60,909
55	Cambridge	22.6%	11,884	52,482
56	Sheffield	22.6%	52,360	232,018
57	Aberdeen City	22.4%	24,500	109,471
58	East Lothian	22.4%	10,909	48,770
59	Stoke-on-Trent	22.3%	24,573	110,381
60	Southampton	21.9%	22,370	102,240
61	Fife	21.9%	37,038	169,485
62	Merthyr Tydfil	21.8%	5,624	25,780
63	Wakefield	21.7%	33,228	153,139
64	Waltham Forest	21.5%	22,100	102,864
65	Renfrewshire	21.3%	18,458	86,713
66	Tameside	21.2%	21,136	99,472
67	Basildon	21.2%	16,220	76,355
68	Oldham	21.2%	19,740	93,113
69	Lincoln	21.1%	8,969	42,528
70	Dacorum	21.0%	13,330	63,397
71	Hounslow	21.0%	21,623	103,012
72	Wrexham	21.0%	12,150	57,919
73	Oxford	20.9%	11,567	55,288
74	Scottish Borders	20.9%	11,628	55,596
75	Rochdale	20.9%	18,800	90,166
76	Ipswich	20.8%	12,353	59,493
77	Chesterfield	20.7%	9,968	48,051
78	Rotherham	20.7%	23,549	113,966
79	North Tyneside	20.6%	19,773	96,212
80	Leeds	20.4%	69,733	341,476
81	Redditch	20.2%	7,336	36,360
82	County Durham	20.0%	46,849	234,699
83	Bolton	19.8%	23,575	118,795
84	St. Helens	19.8%	15,998	80,995
85	Barnsley	19.7%	21,278	108,052
86	South Lanarkshire	19.7%	29,085	147,826
87	Slough	19.6%	10,293	52,424
88	Boston	19.5%	5,724	29,410
89	Newport	19.5%	12,866	66,120
90	Highland	19.4%	21,675	111,723
91	Angus	19.3%	10,488	54,223
92	Wandsworth	19.3%	26,552	137,435
93	Moray	19.3%	8,301	43,117
94	Neath Port Talbot	19.2%	11,998	62,379
95	Dumfries and Galloway	19.2%	13,534	70,672
96	Swansea	19.1%	20,068	104,985
97	Argyll and Bute	19.1%	7,991	41,824
98	Dudley	19.0%	26,012	137,007
99	Stirling	19.0%	7,652	40,310
100	Allerdale	18.9%	8,318	43,990
101	Redcar and Cleveland	18.9%	11,652	61,656
102	Caerphilly	18.8%	14,338	76,268
103	Derby	18.8%	19,843	105,631
104	Blackburn with Darwen	18.8%	11,024	58,773
105	Bristol	18.7%	35,879	191,620
106	North East Derbyshire	18.7%	8,600	45,982
107	North Hertfordshire	18.7%	10,595	56,717
108	Havant	18.6%	10,000	53,636
109	Peterborough	18.6%	15,757	84,530
110	Preston	18.4%	10,993	59,584
111	Plymouth	18.4%	21,102	114,523
112	Milton Keynes	18.1%	20,428	113,084
113	Telford and Wrekin	18.0%	13,773	76,490
114	Portsmouth	18.0%	15,500	86,131
115	Tamworth	18.0%	5,923	32,922
116	South Ayrshire	18.0%	9,439	52,473
117	Basingstoke and Deane	17.9%	13,720	76,671
118	Croydon	17.9%	27,367	152,974
119	Northumberland	17.7%	26,056	146,845
120	Thurrock	17.7%	11,744	66,384
121	Copeland	17.6%	5,428	30,780
122	Isles of Scilly	17.5%	165	942
123	Ealing	17.5%	23,371	133,589
124	Gravesham	17.4%	7,271	41,739
125	Hertsmere	17.3%	7,384	42,645
126	Cardiff	17.1%	25,260	147,331
127	Newcastle-under-Lyme	17.1%	9,150	53,404
128	Orkney Islands	17.1%	1,815	10,622
129	Doncaster	17.0%	22,702	133,418
130	Enfield	17.0%	20,566	120,872
131	Wigan	17.0%	24,322	143,136
132	Coventry	17.0%	22,779	134,161
133	Na h-Eileanan Siar	16.9%	2,158	12,735
134	Gwynedd	16.7%	8,553	51,098
135	Exeter	16.6%	8,732	52,555
136	Luton	16.4%	12,943	78,918
137	Perth and Kinross	16.4%	11,448	69,901
138	Mansfield	16.4%	7,855	48,042
139	Gosport	16.3%	5,867	35,928
140	Bolsover	16.3%	5,752	35,239
141	Braintree	16.3%	10,595	64,988
142	Stockton-on-Tees	16.3%	13,635	83,648
143	Worcester	16.3%	7,272	44,675
144	Bedford	16.3%	12,200	74,960
145	Pembrokeshire	16.2%	9,010	55,491
146	Rushmoor	16.2%	6,371	39,330
147	Darlington	16.2%	7,913	48,899
148	Great Yarmouth	16.2%	7,200	44,511
149	Cannock Chase	16.2%	7,024	43,482
150	West Suffolk	16.1%	12,711	78,738
151	Reading	16.1%	10,915	67,634
152	Hillingdon	16.1%	17,615	109,188
153	Bracknell Forest	15.7%	7,893	50,282
154	City of Edinburgh	15.7%	37,430	238,899
155	Wychavon	15.6%	8,956	57,366
156	Isle of Anglesey	15.6%	4,809	30,821
157	Burnley	15.6%	6,223	39,896
158	Swindon	15.6%	14,942	95,896
159	Watford	15.6%	6,166	39,599
160	Aberdeenshire	15.4%	17,860	115,625
161	Wirral	15.4%	22,100	143,327
162	Winchester	15.4%	7,963	51,746
163	Tonbridge and Malling	15.4%	8,233	53,536
164	Cotswold	15.4%	6,238	40,605
165	Warrington	15.3%	13,823	90,527
166	North Northamptonshire	15.2%	22,691	148,968
167	Somerset West and Taunton	15.2%	10,634	70,018
168	Chichester	15.1%	8,156	54,157
169	Trafford	15.0%	14,416	96,243
170	Bassetlaw	15.0%	7,705	51,454
171	North Lincolnshire	15.0%	10,943	73,153
172	Bury	14.9%	12,051	80,681
173	Ashfield	14.9%	8,123	54,514
174	City of London	14.9%	733	4,923
175	Brighton and Hove	14.9%	18,057	121,381
176	Three Rivers	14.8%	5,454	36,812
177	Kirklees	14.8%	26,298	178,034
178	Rossendale	14.7%	4,500	30,530
179	Bexley	14.7%	13,978	95,274
180	Epping Forest	14.7%	8,001	54,577
181	Bradford	14.6%	30,743	209,890
182	Cheshire West and Chester	14.6%	22,677	155,195
183	Calderdale	14.6%	13,181	90,473
184	Tunbridge Wells	14.5%	7,017	48,230
185	Wiltshire	14.5%	31,200	215,124
186	Flintshire	14.5%	9,697	66,924
187	South Cambridgeshire	14.4%	9,681	67,024
188	Nuneaton and Bedworth	14.4%	8,163	56,559
189	Sefton	14.4%	17,735	123,056
190	West Northamptonshire	14.4%	24,813	172,669
191	Bath and North East Somerset	14.3%	11,367	79,258
192	Test Valley	14.3%	7,841	54,691
193	Malvern Hills	14.3%	5,001	34,897
194	West Lancashire	14.3%	6,953	48,533
195	Carlisle	14.3%	7,253	50,692
196	Carmarthenshire	14.3%	11,694	81,747
197	Vale of White Horse	14.3%	8,200	57,458
198	Hastings	14.3%	5,767	40,446
199	Broxbourne	14.2%	5,679	39,862
200	Merton	14.2%	11,602	81,709
201	Sutton	14.2%	11,673	82,312
202	Wyre Forest	14.2%	6,420	45,336
203	South Somerset	14.1%	10,729	75,936
204	Powys	14.1%	8,492	60,223
205	Warwick	14.1%	8,824	62,620
206	Breckland	14.1%	8,498	60,375
207	Ashford	14.0%	7,529	53,611
208	Monmouthshire	14.0%	5,741	40,887
209	South Staffordshire	14.0%	6,471	46,102
210	East Cambridgeshire	14.0%	5,204	37,183
211	Solihull	14.0%	12,515	89,460
212	York	14.0%	11,931	85,432
213	West Berkshire	13.9%	9,298	66,659
214	Dover	13.9%	7,042	50,574
215	Bridgend	13.9%	8,668	62,351
216	Newark and Sherwood	13.9%	7,406	53,317
217	Dartford	13.8%	6,311	45,683
218	Scarborough	13.8%	7,055	51,128
219	Rhondda Cynon Taf	13.7%	14,175	103,342
220	Herefordshire	13.6%	11,302	82,852
221	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	13.6%	9,188	67,436
222	Havering	13.6%	13,793	101,265
223	Gloucester	13.6%	7,538	55,351
224	Medway	13.6%	15,145	111,470
225	Stafford	13.6%	8,148	60,056
226	North Warwickshire	13.6%	3,738	27,574
227	North West Leicestershire	13.6%	6,099	44,999
228	Hyndburn	13.5%	4,703	34,763
229	Barnet	13.4%	20,029	148,944
230	Causeway Coast and Glens	13.4%	7,726	57,602
231	Hambleton	13.4%	5,463	40,808
232	Maidstone	13.4%	9,518	71,182
233	Central Bedfordshire	13.3%	16,062	120,711
234	Stockport	13.3%	16,856	126,681
235	Stratford-on-Avon	13.3%	7,913	59,482
236	Denbighshire	13.3%	5,643	42,425
237	Chelmsford	13.3%	10,025	75,407
238	Babergh	13.3%	5,342	40,189
239	Cherwell	13.3%	8,753	65,916
240	West Oxfordshire	13.3%	6,371	47,993
241	Colchester	13.3%	10,572	79,723
242	Chorley	13.3%	6,647	50,129
243	Swale	13.3%	8,020	60,485
244	Bromley	13.2%	17,922	135,851
245	Sevenoaks	13.2%	6,456	49,009
246	North East Lincolnshire	13.2%	9,187	69,818
247	East Hertfordshire	13.1%	8,112	62,002
248	East Suffolk	13.1%	14,487	110,757
249	Eastleigh	13.1%	7,433	56,946
250	Eastbourne	13.0%	5,943	45,618
251	Uttlesford	13.0%	4,813	36,959
252	Shropshire	13.0%	18,155	139,528
253	Forest of Dean	13.0%	4,839	37,213
254	Lichfield	13.0%	5,934	45,639
255	East Staffordshire	13.0%	6,650	51,301
256	Rugby	13.0%	6,092	47,000
257	North Norfolk	13.0%	6,264	48,353
258	Buckinghamshire	13.0%	28,532	220,273
259	Runnymede	12.9%	4,507	34,829
260	Huntingdonshire	12.9%	9,891	76,916
261	Antrim and Newtownabbey	12.8%	7,623	59,462
262	Cornwall	12.8%	32,058	250,525
263	Ryedale	12.8%	3,160	24,716
264	Sedgemoor	12.8%	6,890	53,917
265	Amber Valley	12.7%	7,178	56,316
266	Spelthorne	12.7%	5,314	41,822
267	Erewash	12.7%	6,400	50,372
268	Tewkesbury	12.7%	5,197	40,938
269	Guildford	12.7%	7,069	55,801
270	Fenland	12.7%	5,578	44,052
271	Derbyshire Dales	12.7%	4,084	32,278
272	Mid Devon	12.6%	4,494	35,624
273	Ards and North Down	12.6%	8,891	70,484
274	Windsor and Maidenhead	12.6%	7,645	60,889
275	East Hampshire	12.5%	6,589	52,699
276	South Kesteven	12.5%	7,851	62,834
277	Adur	12.4%	3,436	27,684
278	Lisburn and Castlereagh	12.3%	7,404	60,165
279	Dorset	12.3%	20,821	169,276
280	Stroud	12.3%	6,436	52,359
281	Mid and East Antrim	12.3%	7,166	58,302
282	Selby	12.3%	4,846	39,559
283	Canterbury	12.2%	7,813	63,785
284	Waverley	12.2%	6,410	52,419
285	Vale of Glamorgan	12.2%	7,011	57,413
286	St Albans	12.2%	7,192	58,975
287	Cheltenham	12.2%	6,428	52,871
288	High Peak	12.2%	4,954	40,751
289	South Holland	12.1%	4,924	40,702
290	Richmond upon Thames	12.1%	9,755	80,700
291	Mendip	12.0%	6,047	50,295
292	South Oxfordshire	12.0%	7,394	61,540
293	Conwy	12.0%	6,256	52,224
294	Thanet	11.9%	7,408	62,192
295	South Hams	11.9%	4,663	39,345
296	Pendle	11.8%	4,486	38,091
297	South Norfolk	11.7%	7,184	61,403
298	Charnwood	11.7%	8,629	73,772
299	Richmondshire	11.7%	2,439	20,932
300	Mole Valley	11.6%	4,322	37,113
301	Cheshire East	11.6%	20,228	174,857
302	Woking	11.5%	4,785	41,431
303	Reigate and Banstead	11.5%	6,906	59,856
304	Southend-on-Sea	11.5%	9,009	78,341
305	Horsham	11.5%	7,153	62,433
306	Brentwood	11.4%	3,680	32,360
307	Mid Suffolk	11.3%	5,023	44,359
308	Redbridge	11.3%	11,726	103,710
309	East Lindsey	11.2%	7,278	64,750
310	Maldon	11.2%	3,122	27,880
311	North Devon	11.1%	4,815	43,191
312	Tandridge	11.1%	3,947	35,653
313	Kingston upon Thames	11.0%	7,244	65,638
314	Barrow-in-Furness	11.0%	3,449	31,274
315	Broxtowe	11.0%	5,332	48,366
316	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	11.0%	19,113	173,854
317	Lewes	11.0%	4,789	43,684
318	Isle of Wight	10.9%	7,056	64,777
319	Folkestone and Hythe	10.9%	5,264	48,334
320	Rutland	10.9%	1,814	16,690
321	West Lindsey	10.9%	4,597	42,305
322	East Dunbartonshire	10.9%	5,043	46,445
323	New Forest	10.8%	8,368	77,551
324	East Renfrewshire	10.8%	4,277	39,701
325	South Gloucestershire	10.8%	12,724	118,171
326	Newry, Mourne and Down	10.8%	7,360	68,388
327	Mid Sussex	10.8%	6,811	63,336
328	South Lakeland	10.7%	5,113	47,668
329	Melton	10.7%	2,416	22,609
330	Bromsgrove	10.7%	4,402	41,264
331	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	10.5%	8,891	84,652
332	Ceredigion	10.5%	3,232	30,871
333	Harrow	10.4%	9,331	89,646
334	Blackpool	10.4%	6,737	64,808
335	South Ribble	10.4%	5,045	48,585
336	Eden	10.4%	2,548	24,612
337	East Devon	10.3%	6,907	66,782
338	Lancaster	10.3%	6,173	60,008
339	Hinckley and Bosworth	10.2%	5,054	49,439
340	Rother	10.2%	4,294	42,110
341	Elmbridge	10.1%	5,620	55,609
342	North Kesteven	10.0%	5,120	50,989
343	West Devon	10.0%	2,491	24,810
344	South Derbyshire	9.9%	4,474	45,250
345	Harrogate	9.9%	7,017	71,139
346	Worthing	9.8%	4,835	49,535
347	Broadland	9.7%	5,609	57,762
348	Gedling	9.7%	4,995	51,546
349	Surrey Heath	9.6%	3,450	35,975
350	Craven	9.6%	2,494	26,056
351	Teignbridge	9.5%	5,695	59,843
352	Mid Ulster	9.4%	5,096	54,026
353	Fermanagh and Omagh	9.4%	4,310	45,729
354	East Riding of Yorkshire	9.4%	14,262	152,068
355	Arun	9.3%	6,780	72,635
356	Torridge	9.3%	2,839	30,431
357	North Somerset	9.2%	8,699	94,631
358	Harborough	8.8%	3,546	40,439
359	Hart	8.8%	3,502	39,961
360	Epsom and Ewell	8.8%	2,741	31,304
361	Staffordshire Moorlands	8.6%	3,647	42,337
362	Rushcliffe	8.6%	4,282	49,851
363	Wealden	8.4%	5,712	68,253
364	Fylde	8.3%	3,129	37,611
365	Torbay	8.3%	5,224	63,001
366	Blaby	8.2%	3,490	42,567
367	Fareham	8.1%	3,963	48,636
368	Tendring	8.1%	5,492	67,421
369	Rochford	8.1%	2,875	35,548
370	Ribble Valley	8.0%	2,149	26,700
371	Oadby and Wigston	7.9%	1,783	22,592
372	Wokingham	7.7%	5,342	69,213
373	Wyre	7.6%	3,877	50,717
374	Castle Point	5.5%	2,043	37,395