Social housing in Bracknell Forest
15.7% of households in Bracknell Forest 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 Bracknell Forest?
Bracknell Forest ranks 153rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 50,282 households, 7,893 are social homes (15.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Bracknell Forest compare with the UK average?
At -1.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Bracknell Forest sits close to the national level.
Bracknell Forest at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Bracknell Forest.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Bracknell Forest has 45 schools — 38 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 29 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 17 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 85 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Bracknell Forest, offering about 3,338 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Bracknell Forest sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 82 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,713 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 Bracknell Forest
See Bracknell Forest 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).