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Social housing in Newry, Mourne and Down

10.8% of households in Newry, Mourne and Down 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
7,360Social homes
68,388All households
Newry, Mourne and Down10.8%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Newry, Mourne and Down?

Newry, Mourne and Down ranks 326th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 68,388 households, 7,360 are social homes (10.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Newry, Mourne and Down compare with the UK average?

At -6.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Newry, Mourne and Down sits below the national level.

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Newry, Mourne and Down at a glance

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Broadband

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

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Which areas are similar to Newry, Mourne and Down?

“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).