Social housing in Breckland
14.1% of households in Breckland 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 Breckland?
Breckland ranks 206th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 60,375 households, 8,498 are social homes (14.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Breckland compare with the UK average?
At -3.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Breckland sits below the national level.
Breckland at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Breckland.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Breckland has 74 schools — 66 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 55 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 38 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 49 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Breckland, offering about 1,972 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Breckland sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 8% of its 80 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,040 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 Breckland
See Breckland 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).