Social housing in Bristol
18.7% of households in Bristol 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 Bristol?
Bristol ranks 105th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 191,620 households, 35,879 are social homes (18.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Bristol compare with the UK average?
At +1.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Bristol sits close to the national level.
Bristol at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Bristol.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Bristol has 172 schools — 157 state-funded and 15 independent. That includes 102 primary and 22 secondary schools. Of the 78 with a published Ofsted grade, 81% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 224 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Bristol, offering about 10,154 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Bristol sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 23% of its 268 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,139 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 Bristol
See Bristol 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 Bristol?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).