Social renting: highest and lowest councils in South West (2021)
Bristol had the highest share of households in social housing of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 18.7%.
Torbay had the lowest, at 8.3%. The middle council, Mid Devon, had 12.6%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol | 18.7% |
| 2 | Plymouth | 18.4% |
| 3 | Isles of Scilly | 17.3% |
| 4 | Exeter | 16.6% |
| 5 | Swindon | 15.6% |
| 6 | Cotswold | 15.4% |
| 7 | Wiltshire | 14.5% |
| 8 | Bath and North East Somerset | 14.3% |
| 9 | Somerset 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. | 13.7% |
| 10 | Gloucester | 13.6% |
| 11 | Forest of Dean | 13.0% |
| 12 | Cornwall | 12.8% |
| 13 | Tewkesbury | 12.7% |
| 14 | Mid Devon | 12.6% |
| =15 | Dorset | 12.3% |
| =15 | Stroud | 12.3% |
| 17 | Cheltenham | 12.2% |
| 18 | South Hams | 11.8% |
| 19 | North Devon | 11.1% |
| 20 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 11.0% |
| 21 | South Gloucestershire | 10.8% |
| 22 | East Devon | 10.3% |
| 23 | West Devon | 10.1% |
| 24 | Teignbridge | 9.5% |
| 25 | Torridge | 9.3% |
| 26 | North Somerset | 9.2% |
| 27 | Torbay | 8.3% |