Social housing in Bradford
14.6% of households in Bradford 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 Bradford?
Bradford ranks 181st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 209,890 households, 30,743 are social homes (14.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Bradford compare with the UK average?
At -2.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Bradford sits below the national level.
Bradford at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Bradford.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Bradford has 231 schools — 215 state-funded and 16 independent. That includes 157 primary and 32 secondary schools. Of the 95 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 223 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Bradford, offering about 8,217 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Bradford sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 51% of its 312 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,007 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 Bradford
See Bradford through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Bradford?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).