Social housing in Hertsmere
17.3% of households in Hertsmere are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Hertsmere?
Hertsmere ranks 125th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 42,645 households, 7,384 are social homes (17.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Hertsmere compare with the UK average?
At -0.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Hertsmere sits close to the national level.
Hertsmere at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Hertsmere.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Hertsmere has 60 schools — 41 state-funded and 19 independent. That includes 31 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 85 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Hertsmere, offering about 4,209 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Hertsmere sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 3% of its 63 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,800 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 Hertsmere
See Hertsmere 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).