Social housing in Basildon
21.2% of households in Basildon are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Basildon?
Basildon ranks 67th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 76,355 households, 16,220 are social homes (21.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Basildon compare with the UK average?
At +3.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Basildon sits above the national level.
Basildon at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Basildon.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Basildon has 59 schools — 58 state-funded and 1 independent. That includes 46 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 23 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 107 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Basildon, offering about 4,211 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Basildon sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 24% of its 112 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,259 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Basildon
See Basildon through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).