Social housing in Harborough
8.8% of households in Harborough 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 Harborough?
Harborough ranks 358th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 40,439 households, 3,546 are social homes (8.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Harborough compare with the UK average?
At -8.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Harborough sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Harborough at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Harborough.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Harborough has 50 schools — 42 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 36 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 14 with a published Ofsted grade, 79% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 51 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Harborough, offering about 2,060 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Harborough sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 52 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,378 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 Harborough
See Harborough 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).