Social housing in Canterbury
12.2% of households in Canterbury 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 Canterbury?
Canterbury ranks 283rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 63,785 households, 7,813 are social homes (12.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Canterbury compare with the UK average?
At -5.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Canterbury sits below the national level.
Canterbury at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Canterbury.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Canterbury has 65 schools — 53 state-funded and 12 independent. That includes 35 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 17 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 74 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Canterbury, offering about 2,677 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Canterbury sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 20% of its 92 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,022 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 Canterbury
See Canterbury 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 Canterbury?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).