# 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%.

| Rank | Area | Social rented homes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | 40.5% |
| 2 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | 40.2% |
| 3 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | 39.7% |
| 4 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | 35.9% |
| 5 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | 33.7% |
| 6 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | 33.6% |
| 7 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | 31.5% |
| 8 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | 31.0% |
| 9 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | 29.8% |
| 10 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | 29.2% |
| 11 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | 28.3% |
| 12 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | 28.0% |
| 13 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | 27.6% |
| 14 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | 25.2% |
| 15 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | 23.5% |
| 16 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | 21.5% |
| 17 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | 21.0% |
| 18 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | 19.3% |
| 19 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | 17.9% |
| 20 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | 17.5% |
| 21 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | 17.0% |
| 22 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | 16.1% |
| 23 | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | 14.9% |
| 24 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | 14.7% |
| =25 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | 14.2% |
| =25 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | 14.2% |
| 27 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | 13.6% |
| 28 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | 13.5% |
| 29 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | 13.2% |
| 30 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | 12.1% |
| 31 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | 11.3% |
| 32 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | 11.0% |
| 33 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | 10.4% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, ONS Census 2021. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/social-rented)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/social-rented)

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