Social renting: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Crawley had the highest share of households in social housing of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 22.9%.

Wokingham had the lowest, at 7.7%. The middle council, Eastleigh, had 13.1%.

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Social rented homes for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Crawley	22.9%
2	Southampton	21.9%
3	Oxford	20.9%
4	Slough	19.6%
5	Havant	18.6%
6	Milton Keynes	18.1%
7	Portsmouth	18.0%
8	Basingstoke and Deane	17.9%
9	Gravesham	17.4%
10	Gosport	16.3%
11	Rushmoor	16.2%
12	Reading	16.1%
13	Bracknell Forest	15.7%
14	Tonbridge and Malling	15.4%
15	Winchester	15.3%
16	Chichester	15.1%
17	Brighton and Hove	14.9%
18	Tunbridge Wells	14.6%
=19	Hastings	14.3%
=19	Test Valley	14.3%
=19	Vale of White Horse	14.3%
=22	Ashford	14.0%
=22	West Berkshire	14.0%
24	Dover	13.9%
25	Dartford	13.8%
26	Medway	13.6%
27	Maidstone	13.4%
=28	Cherwell	13.3%
=28	Swale	13.3%
=28	West Oxfordshire	13.3%
31	Sevenoaks	13.2%
32	Eastleigh	13.1%
=33	Buckinghamshire	13.0%
=33	Eastbourne	13.0%
35	Runnymede	12.9%
=36	Guildford	12.7%
=36	Spelthorne	12.7%
38	Windsor and Maidenhead	12.6%
39	East Hampshire	12.5%
40	Adur	12.4%
41	Waverley	12.3%
42	Canterbury	12.2%
43	South Oxfordshire	12.0%
44	Thanet	11.9%
45	Mole Valley	11.7%
46	Woking	11.6%
=47	Horsham	11.5%
=47	Reigate and Banstead	11.5%
49	Tandridge	11.1%
=50	Folkestone and Hythe	10.9%
=50	Isle of Wight	10.9%
=50	Lewes	10.9%
=53	Mid Sussex	10.8%
=53	New Forest	10.8%
55	Rother	10.2%
56	Elmbridge	10.1%
57	Worthing	9.8%
58	Surrey Heath	9.6%
59	Arun	9.3%
=60	Epsom and Ewell	8.8%
=60	Hart	8.8%
62	Wealden	8.4%
63	Fareham	8.1%
64	Wokingham	7.7%

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