Social housing in Cheltenham
12.2% of households in Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham?
Cheltenham ranks 287th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 52,871 households, 6,428 are social homes (12.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Cheltenham compare with the UK average?
At -5.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Cheltenham sits below the national level.
Cheltenham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Cheltenham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Cheltenham has 49 schools — 40 state-funded and 9 independent. That includes 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 20 with a published Ofsted grade, 95% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 79 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Cheltenham, offering about 3,177 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Cheltenham sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 6% of its 77 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,034 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 Cheltenham
See Cheltenham 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).