Social housing in Cannock Chase
16.2% of households in Cannock Chase 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 Cannock Chase?
Cannock Chase ranks 149th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 43,482 households, 7,024 are social homes (16.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Cannock Chase compare with the UK average?
At -1.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Cannock Chase sits close to the national level.
Cannock Chase at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Cannock Chase.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Cannock Chase has 40 schools — 38 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 17 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 36 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Cannock Chase, offering about 1,594 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Cannock Chase sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 11% of its 61 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,627 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 Cannock Chase
See Cannock Chase 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).