Social housing in Dover
13.9% of households in Dover 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 Dover?
Dover ranks 214th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 50,574 households, 7,042 are social homes (13.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Dover compare with the UK average?
At -3.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Dover sits below the national level.
Dover at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Dover.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Dover has 63 schools — 53 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 41 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 20 with a published Ofsted grade, 85% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 50 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Dover, offering about 1,954 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Dover sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 22% of its 69 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,587 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 Dover
See Dover 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).