How does East Renfrewshire compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 10.8%, East Renfrewshire is below the national average (-6.7 percentage points) and ranks 324th of 374 UK local authorities.

Where does the East Renfrewshire social housing data come from?

The 2021–22 Census: ONS table TS054 (England & Wales), National Records of Scotland table UV404, and NISRA (Northern Ireland), aggregated to local-authority level by Housing Map. Open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Social housing in East Renfrewshire

10.8% of households in East Renfrewshire are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

10.8%Social housing

4,277Social homes

39,701All households

East Renfrewshire10.8%

UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in East Renfrewshire?

East Renfrewshire ranks 324th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 39,701 households, 4,277 are social homes (10.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does East Renfrewshire compare with the UK average?

At -6.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, East Renfrewshire sits below the national level.

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East Renfrewshire at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about East Renfrewshire.

Broadband

Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

Explore East Renfrewshire

See East Renfrewshire through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:

Which areas are similar to East Renfrewshire?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).