Housing · 2021

Households in social housing: local authority ranking

Households in social housing: Hackney comes top with 40.5% and Castle Point comes last with 5.5%. The median across 318 local authorities is 14.3%.

Podium and top 100

1Hackney40.5%2Islington40.2%3Southwark39.7%

#	Local authority	Region	Households in social housing
1	Hackney	London	40.5%
2	Islington	London	40.2%
3	Southwark	London	39.7%
4	Tower Hamlets	London	35.9%
5	Camden	London	33.7%
6	Lambeth	London	33.6%
7	Barking and Dagenham	London	31.5%
8	Greenwich	London	31.0%
9	Norwich	East	30.3%
10	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	29.8%
11	South Tyneside	North East	29.6%
12	Manchester	North West	29.5%
13	Harlow	East	29.3%
14	Lewisham	London	29.2%
15	Westminster	London	28.3%
16	Newham	London	28.0%
17	Kensington and Chelsea	London	27.6%
18	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	27.3%
19	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	27.0%
20	Sunderland	North East	26.6%
20	Sandwell	West Midlands	26.6%
22	Liverpool	North West	26.4%
23	Stevenage	East	26.3%
24	Nottingham	East Midlands	25.5%
25	Welwyn Hatfield	East	25.4%
25	Salford	North West	25.4%
27	Knowsley	North West	25.3%
28	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	25.2%
28	Haringey	London	25.2%
30	Gateshead	North East	25.1%
31	Halton	North West	24.3%
32	Torfaen	Wales	23.8%
33	Walsall	West Midlands	23.7%
33	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	23.7%
35	Birmingham	West Midlands	23.5%
35	Brent	London	23.5%
37	Hartlepool	North East	23.4%
38	Middlesbrough	North East	23.2%
38	Leicester	East Midlands	23.2%
40	Crawley	South East	22.9%
41	Cambridge	East	22.7%
42	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	22.6%
43	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	22.3%
44	Southampton	South East	21.9%
45	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	21.8%
46	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	21.7%
47	Waltham Forest	London	21.5%
48	Basildon	East	21.2%
48	Oldham	North West	21.2%
48	Tameside	North West	21.2%
51	Lincoln	East Midlands	21.1%
52	Dacorum	East	21.0%
52	Hounslow	London	21.0%
52	Wrexham	Wales	21.0%
55	Oxford	South East	20.9%
55	Rochdale	North West	20.9%
57	Ipswich	East	20.8%
58	Chesterfield	East Midlands	20.7%
58	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	20.7%
60	North Tyneside	North East	20.5%
61	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	20.4%
62	Redditch	West Midlands	20.2%
63	County Durham	North East	20.0%
64	Bolton	North West	19.8%
65	St. Helens	North West	19.7%
65	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	19.7%
67	Slough	South East	19.6%
68	Boston	East Midlands	19.5%
68	Newport	Wales	19.5%
70	Wandsworth	London	19.3%
71	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	19.2%
72	Swansea	Wales	19.1%
73	Dudley	West Midlands	19.0%
74	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	18.9%
75	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	18.8%
75	Derby	East Midlands	18.8%
75	Caerphilly	Wales	18.8%
78	Bristol, City of	South West	18.7%
78	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	18.7%
78	North Hertfordshire	East	18.7%
81	Peterborough	East	18.6%
81	Havant	South East	18.6%
83	Plymouth	South West	18.4%
83	Preston	North West	18.4%
85	Milton Keynes	South East	18.1%
86	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	18.0%
86	Portsmouth	South East	18.0%
86	Tamworth	West Midlands	18.0%
89	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	17.9%
89	Croydon	London	17.9%
91	Northumberland	North East	17.8%
92	Thurrock	East	17.7%
93	Ealing	London	17.5%
94	Gravesham	South East	17.4%
95	Isles of Scilly	South West	17.3%
95	Hertsmere	East	17.3%
97	Cardiff	Wales	17.2%
98	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	17.1%
99	Wigan	North West	17.0%
99	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	17.0%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Households in social housing
304	Harborough	East Midlands	8.7%
305	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	8.6%
305	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	8.6%
307	Wealden	South East	8.4%
308	Torbay	South West	8.3%
308	Fylde	North West	8.3%
310	Tendring	East	8.2%
310	Blaby	East Midlands	8.2%
312	Rochford	East	8.1%
312	Fareham	South East	8.1%
314	Ribble Valley	North West	8.0%
315	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	7.9%
316	Wokingham	South East	7.7%
317	Wyre	North West	7.6%
318	Castle Point	East	5.5%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Other rankings on the same theme

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Households in social housing”?

Hackney ranks first for “Households in social housing”, with 40.5%.

What is the median for “Households in social housing”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 14.3%.