Social housing in Cornwall
12.8% of households in Cornwall 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 Cornwall?
Cornwall ranks 262nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 250,525 households, 32,058 are social homes (12.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Cornwall compare with the UK average?
At -4.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Cornwall sits below the national level.
Cornwall at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Cornwall.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Cornwall has 298 schools — 283 state-funded and 15 independent. That includes 235 primary and 31 secondary schools. Of the 120 with a published Ofsted grade, 79% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 226 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Cornwall, offering about 7,650 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Cornwall sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 11% of its 336 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,414 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 Cornwall
See Cornwall through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Cornwall?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).