Social housing in Epsom and Ewell

8.8% of households in Epsom and Ewell are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

8.8%Social housing
2,741Social homes
31,304All households
Epsom and Ewell8.8%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Epsom and Ewell?

Epsom and Ewell ranks 360th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 31,304 households, 2,741 are social homes (8.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Epsom and Ewell compare with the UK average?

At -8.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Epsom and Ewell sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.

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Epsom and Ewell at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Epsom and Ewell.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, Epsom and Ewell has 31 schools — 26 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 11 with a published Ofsted grade, 91% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 54 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Epsom and Ewell, offering about 2,396 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in Epsom and Ewell sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 2% of its 46 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £5,949 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 Epsom and Ewell

See Epsom and Ewell through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:

Which areas are similar to Epsom and Ewell?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).