Social housing in East Hertfordshire
13.1% of households in East Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire?
East Hertfordshire ranks 247th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 62,002 households, 8,112 are social homes (13.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does East Hertfordshire compare with the UK average?
At -4.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, East Hertfordshire sits below the national level.
East Hertfordshire at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about East Hertfordshire.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, East Hertfordshire has 91 schools — 84 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 62 primary and 15 secondary schools. Of the 35 with a published Ofsted grade, 91% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 121 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in East Hertfordshire, offering about 5,023 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in East Hertfordshire sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 90 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,089 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 Hertfordshire
See East Hertfordshire 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).