Social housing in Cheshire East
11.6% of households in Cheshire East 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 Cheshire East?
Cheshire East ranks 301st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 174,857 households, 20,228 are social homes (11.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Cheshire East compare with the UK average?
At -5.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Cheshire East sits below the national level.
Cheshire East at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Cheshire East.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Cheshire East has 182 schools — 162 state-funded and 20 independent. That includes 124 primary and 23 secondary schools. Of the 70 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 183 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Cheshire East, offering about 8,536 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Cheshire East sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 9% of its 244 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,034 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 Cheshire East
See Cheshire East 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).