"Figure 16: Social housing as a percentage of total housing stock for the top and bottom five local authorities","" "England and Wales, 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. Data from [Number of dwellings by Tenure](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants) and [Dwelling stock estimates by tenure](https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Dwelling-Stock-Estimates/dwellingstockestimates-by-localauthority-tenure). 2. Social housing stock in England consists of private registered providers, local authorities and other public stock. Private registered providers only include self-contained general needs dwellings and bed spaces. Intermediate rented stock was included as general needs from 2012, but was not included as socially rented stock before 2012. 3. Social housing stock in Wales consists of registered social landlords and local authorities. Wales contains both self-contained and non self-contained dwellings. It includes general needs, sheltered, other supported and extra care units. It excludes intermediate tenures and other tenures not at social rent and assumes 3 bed spaces are equal to 1 dwelling. 4. Dwelling stock by tenure data in England is at 1 April each year. 5. Dwelling stock by tenure data in Wales is based on 2015/16 for 2016." "Unit","%" "","" "Area","Social Housing Percentage","Wales","England" "Castle Point","5","16","18" "Medway","7","16","18" "Fylde","8","16","18" "Wyre","8","16","18" "Ribble Valley","8","16","18" "Lambeth","35","16","18" "Tower Hamlets","38","16","18" "Islington","41","16","18" "Southwark","43","16","18" "Hackney","43","16","18"