Social renting: highest and lowest London boroughs (2021)

Hackney had the highest share of households in social housing of London’s 33 boroughs in 2021, at 40.5%.

Harrow had the lowest, at 10.4%. The middle borough, Hounslow, had 21.0%.

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Social rented homes for every council in London, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Hackney	40.5%
2	Islington	40.2%
3	Southwark	39.7%
4	Tower Hamlets	35.9%
5	Camden	33.7%
6	Lambeth	33.6%
7	Barking and Dagenham	31.5%
8	Greenwich	31.0%
9	Hammersmith and Fulham	29.8%
10	Lewisham	29.2%
11	Westminster	28.3%
12	Newham	28.0%
13	Kensington and Chelsea	27.6%
14	Haringey	25.2%
15	Brent	23.5%
16	Waltham Forest	21.5%
17	Hounslow	21.0%
18	Wandsworth	19.3%
19	Croydon	17.9%
20	Ealing	17.5%
21	Enfield	17.0%
22	Hillingdon	16.1%
23	City of London	14.9%
24	Bexley	14.7%
=25	Merton	14.2%
=25	Sutton	14.2%
27	Havering	13.6%
28	Barnet	13.5%
29	Bromley	13.2%
30	Richmond upon Thames	12.1%
31	Redbridge	11.3%
32	Kingston upon Thames	11.0%
33	Harrow	10.4%

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