Social housing in Luton
16.4% of households in Luton 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 Luton?
Luton ranks 136th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 78,918 households, 12,943 are social homes (16.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Luton compare with the UK average?
At -1.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Luton sits close to the national level.
Luton at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Luton.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Luton has 79 schools — 72 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 46 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of the 33 with a published Ofsted grade, 88% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 95 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Luton, offering about 3,873 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Luton sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 35% of its 125 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,736 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 Luton
See Luton 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).