Social housing in Chesterfield
20.7% of households in Chesterfield are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Chesterfield?
Chesterfield ranks 77th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 48,051 households, 9,968 are social homes (20.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Chesterfield compare with the UK average?
At +3.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Chesterfield sits above the national level.
Chesterfield at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Chesterfield.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Chesterfield has 51 schools — 49 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 36 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 21 with a published Ofsted grade, 95% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 36 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Chesterfield, offering about 1,598 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Chesterfield sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 25% of its 69 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,353 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 Chesterfield
See Chesterfield 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).