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

Sandwell had the highest share of households in social housing of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2021, at 26.6%.

Staffordshire Moorlands had the lowest, at 8.6%. The middle council, Nuneaton and Bedworth, had 14.4%.

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Social rented homes for every council in West Midlands, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Sandwell26.6%
2Wolverhampton25.2%
3Walsall23.7%
4Birmingham23.5%
5Stoke-on-Trent22.3%
6Redditch20.2%
7Dudley19.0%
=8Tamworth18.0%
=8Telford and Wrekin18.0%
10Newcastle-under-Lyme17.1%
11Coventry17.0%
12Worcester16.3%
13Cannock Chase16.2%
14Wychavon15.6%
15Nuneaton and Bedworth14.4%
16Malvern Hills14.3%
=17Warwick14.1%
=17Wyre Forest14.1%
=19Solihull14.0%
=19South Staffordshire14.0%
21Herefordshire13.7%
=22North Warwickshire13.6%
=22Stafford13.6%
24Stratford-on-Avon13.3%
=25Lichfield13.0%
=25Shropshire13.0%
=27East Staffordshire12.9%
=27Rugby12.9%
29Bromsgrove10.7%
30Staffordshire Moorlands8.6%

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