Social housing in Eastbourne
13.0% of households in Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne?
Eastbourne ranks 250th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 45,618 households, 5,943 are social homes (13.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Eastbourne compare with the UK average?
At -4.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Eastbourne sits below the national level.
Eastbourne at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Eastbourne.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Eastbourne has 33 schools — 29 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 12 with a published Ofsted grade, 75% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 43 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Eastbourne, offering about 1,783 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Eastbourne sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 18% of its 60 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,524 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 Eastbourne
See Eastbourne 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).