Social housing in Boston
19.5% of households in Boston are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Boston?
Boston ranks 88th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 29,410 households, 5,724 are social homes (19.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Boston compare with the UK average?
At +2.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Boston sits close to the national level.
Boston at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Boston.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Boston has 31 schools — 27 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 18 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 9 with a published Ofsted grade, 78% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 33 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Boston, offering about 1,704 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Boston sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 33% of its 39 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,192 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 Boston
See Boston 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).