# Social renting: highest and lowest councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (2021)

Kingston upon Hull had the highest share of households in social housing of Yorkshire and The Humber’s 15 councils in 2021, at 27.0%.

East Riding of Yorkshire had the lowest, at 9.4%. The middle council, North Lincolnshire, had 15.0%.

| Rank | Area | Social rented homes | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull) | 27.0% | – |
| 2 | [Sheffield](https://openindex.co.uk/sheffield) | 22.6% | 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. |
| 3 | [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) | 21.7% | – |
| 4 | [Rotherham](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham) | 20.7% | – |
| 5 | [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) | 20.4% | – |
| 6 | [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) | 19.7% | 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. |
| 7 | [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster) | 17.0% | – |
| 8 | [North Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lincolnshire) | 15.0% | – |
| 9 | [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) | 14.8% | – |
| =10 | [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford) | 14.6% | – |
| =10 | [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) | 14.6% | – |
| 12 | [York](https://openindex.co.uk/york) | 14.0% | – |
| 13 | [North East Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire) | 13.2% | – |
| 14 | [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) | 11.8% | 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. |
| 15 | [East Riding of Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire) | 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)
- [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)
- [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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