Social housing in Blackpool
10.4% of households in Blackpool are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Blackpool?
Blackpool ranks 334th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 64,808 households, 6,737 are social homes (10.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Blackpool compare with the UK average?
At -7.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Blackpool sits below the national level.
Blackpool at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Blackpool.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Blackpool has 50 schools — 45 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 30 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 12 with a published Ofsted grade, 58% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 39 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Blackpool, offering about 2,095 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Blackpool sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 54% of its 94 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,533 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 Blackpool
See Blackpool 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).