Social housing in Coventry
17.0% of households in Coventry are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Coventry?
Coventry ranks 132nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 134,161 households, 22,779 are social homes (17.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Coventry compare with the UK average?
At -0.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Coventry sits close to the national level.
Coventry at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Coventry.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Coventry has 127 schools — 121 state-funded and 6 independent. That includes 85 primary and 21 secondary schools. Of the 49 with a published Ofsted grade, 78% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 104 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Coventry, offering about 4,772 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Coventry sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 31% of its 203 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,712 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 Coventry
See Coventry 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).