# Social renting: highest and lowest councils in Northern Ireland (2021)

Belfast had the highest share of households in social housing of Northern Ireland’s 11 councils in 2021, at 26.3%.

Fermanagh and Omagh and Mid Ulster had the joint lowest, at 9.4%. The middle council, Lisburn and Castlereagh, had 12.3%.

| Rank | Area | Social rented homes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Belfast](https://openindex.co.uk/belfast) | 26.3% |
| 2 | [Derry City and Strabane](https://openindex.co.uk/derry-city-and-strabane) | 22.7% |
| 3 | [Causeway Coast and Glens](https://openindex.co.uk/causeway-coast-and-glens) | 13.4% |
| 4 | [Antrim and Newtownabbey](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey) | 12.8% |
| 5 | [Ards and North Down](https://openindex.co.uk/ards-and-north-down) | 12.6% |
| =6 | [Lisburn and Castlereagh](https://openindex.co.uk/lisburn-and-castlereagh) | 12.3% |
| =6 | [Mid and East Antrim](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-and-east-antrim) | 12.3% |
| 8 | [Newry, Mourne and Down](https://openindex.co.uk/newry-mourne-and-down) | 10.8% |
| 9 | [Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon](https://openindex.co.uk/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon) | 10.5% |
| =10 | [Fermanagh and Omagh](https://openindex.co.uk/fermanagh-and-omagh) | 9.4% |
| =10 | [Mid Ulster](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster) | 9.4% |

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)
- [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)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/social-rented/london)
- [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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