Social housing in Chichester
15.1% of households in Chichester 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 Chichester?
Chichester ranks 168th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 54,157 households, 8,156 are social homes (15.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Chichester compare with the UK average?
At -2.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Chichester sits below the national level.
Chichester at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Chichester.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Chichester has 69 schools — 61 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 48 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 25 with a published Ofsted grade, 88% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 108 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Chichester, offering about 3,983 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Chichester sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 75 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,533 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 Chichester
See Chichester 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).