Social housing in Kingston upon Thames
11.0% of households in Kingston upon Thames 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 Kingston upon Thames?
Kingston upon Thames ranks 313th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 65,638 households, 7,244 are social homes (11.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Kingston upon Thames compare with the UK average?
At -6.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Kingston upon Thames sits below the national level.
Kingston upon Thames at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Kingston upon Thames.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Kingston upon Thames has 64 schools — 53 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 34 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of the 21 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 93 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Kingston upon Thames, offering about 4,975 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Kingston upon Thames sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 99 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £6,587 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 Kingston upon Thames
See Kingston upon Thames 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).