Social housing in County Durham
20.0% of households in County Durham 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 County Durham?
County Durham ranks 82nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 234,699 households, 46,849 are social homes (20.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does County Durham compare with the UK average?
At +2.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, County Durham sits above the national level.
County Durham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about County Durham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, County Durham has 281 schools — 269 state-funded and 12 independent. That includes 208 primary and 30 secondary schools. Of the 116 with a published Ofsted grade, 85% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 114 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in County Durham, offering about 5,814 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in County Durham sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 40% of its 330 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,527 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 County Durham
See County Durham 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 County Durham?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).