Social housing in Forest of Dean
13.0% of households in Forest of Dean 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 Forest of Dean?
Forest of Dean ranks 253rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 37,213 households, 4,839 are social homes (13.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Forest of Dean compare with the UK average?
At -4.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Forest of Dean sits below the national level.
Forest of Dean at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Forest of Dean.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Forest of Dean has 55 schools — 53 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 45 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 28 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 44 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Forest of Dean, offering about 1,848 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Forest of Dean sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 2% of its 50 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,168 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 Forest of Dean
See Forest of Dean 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).