Social housing in Folkestone and Hythe
10.9% of households in Folkestone and Hythe 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 Folkestone and Hythe?
Folkestone and Hythe ranks 319th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 48,334 households, 5,264 are social homes (10.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Folkestone and Hythe compare with the UK average?
At -6.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Folkestone and Hythe sits below the national level.
Folkestone and Hythe at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Folkestone and Hythe.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Folkestone and Hythe has 48 schools — 46 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 36 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 21 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 54 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Folkestone and Hythe, offering about 1,993 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Folkestone and Hythe sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 22% of its 67 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,629 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 Folkestone and Hythe
See Folkestone and Hythe 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).