Social housing in East Cambridgeshire
14.0% of households in East Cambridgeshire 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 East Cambridgeshire?
East Cambridgeshire ranks 210th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 37,183 households, 5,204 are social homes (14.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does East Cambridgeshire compare with the UK average?
At -3.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, East Cambridgeshire sits below the national level.
East Cambridgeshire at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about East Cambridgeshire.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, East Cambridgeshire has 40 schools — 38 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 29 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 18 with a published Ofsted grade, 72% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 55 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in East Cambridgeshire, offering about 1,856 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in East Cambridgeshire sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 51 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,611 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 East Cambridgeshire
See East Cambridgeshire 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).