Social renting: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Manchester had the highest share of households in social housing of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 29.5%.

Wyre had the lowest, at 7.6%. The middle council, Trafford, had 15.0%.

Social rented homes for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Manchester	29.5%
2	Liverpool	26.4%
3	Salford	25.4%
4	Knowsley	25.3%
5	Halton	24.3%
=6	Oldham	21.2%
=6	Tameside	21.2%
8	Rochdale	20.9%
9	Bolton	19.8%
10	St. Helens	19.7%
11	Blackburn with Darwen	18.8%
12	Preston	18.4%
13	Wigan	17.0%
14	Cumberland Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	16.7%
15	Burnley	15.6%
16	Wirral	15.4%
17	Warrington	15.3%
18	Trafford	15.0%
19	Bury	14.9%
20	Rossendale	14.8%
21	Cheshire West and Chester	14.6%
22	Sefton	14.4%
23	West Lancashire	14.3%
24	Hyndburn	13.5%
25	Stockport	13.3%
26	Chorley	13.2%
27	Pendle	11.8%
28	Cheshire East	11.6%
29	Westmorland and Furness Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	10.7%
30	South Ribble	10.4%
=31	Blackpool	10.3%
=31	Lancaster	10.3%
33	Fylde	8.3%
34	Ribble Valley	8.0%
35	Wyre	7.6%