Social housing in Chelmsford
13.3% of households in Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford?
Chelmsford ranks 237th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 75,407 households, 10,025 are social homes (13.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Chelmsford compare with the UK average?
At -4.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Chelmsford sits below the national level.
Chelmsford at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Chelmsford.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Chelmsford has 86 schools — 76 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 55 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 31 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 128 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Chelmsford, offering about 5,694 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Chelmsford sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 4% of its 113 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,620 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 Chelmsford
See Chelmsford 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).