Social housing in Cotswold
15.4% of households in Cotswold 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 Cotswold?
Cotswold ranks 164th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 40,605 households, 6,238 are social homes (15.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Cotswold compare with the UK average?
At -2.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Cotswold sits below the national level.
Cotswold at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Cotswold.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Cotswold has 57 schools — 54 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 44 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 25 with a published Ofsted grade, 96% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 50 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Cotswold, offering about 1,710 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Cotswold sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 56 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,277 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 Cotswold
See Cotswold 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).