Social housing in Brentwood
11.4% of households in Brentwood 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 Brentwood?
Brentwood ranks 306th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 32,360 households, 3,680 are social homes (11.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Brentwood compare with the UK average?
At -6.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Brentwood sits below the national level.
Brentwood at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Brentwood.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Brentwood has 35 schools — 31 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 13 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 65 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Brentwood, offering about 2,741 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Brentwood sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 48 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,286 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 Brentwood
See Brentwood 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).