Social housing in Eastleigh
13.1% of households in Eastleigh 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 Eastleigh?
Eastleigh ranks 249th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 56,946 households, 7,433 are social homes (13.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Eastleigh compare with the UK average?
At -4.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Eastleigh sits below the national level.
Eastleigh at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Eastleigh.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Eastleigh has 46 schools — 44 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 34 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 94 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Eastleigh, offering about 3,292 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Eastleigh sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 82 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,023 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 Eastleigh
See Eastleigh 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).