Social housing in Harrow
10.4% of households in Harrow 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 Harrow?
Harrow ranks 333rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 89,646 households, 9,331 are social homes (10.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Harrow compare with the UK average?
At -7.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Harrow sits below the national level.
Harrow at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Harrow.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Harrow has 75 schools — 63 state-funded and 12 independent. That includes 40 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of the 29 with a published Ofsted grade, 97% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 153 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Harrow, offering about 5,813 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Harrow sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 144 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,912 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 Harrow
See Harrow 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).