Social housing in Fenland
12.7% of households in Fenland 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 Fenland?
Fenland ranks 270th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 44,052 households, 5,578 are social homes (12.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Fenland compare with the UK average?
At -4.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Fenland sits below the national level.
Fenland at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Fenland.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Fenland has 47 schools — 38 state-funded and 9 independent. That includes 31 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 25 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 34 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Fenland, offering about 1,093 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Fenland sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 16% of its 56 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,578 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 Fenland
See Fenland 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 Fenland?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).