Social housing in Manchester
29.5% of households in Manchester are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Manchester?
Manchester ranks 14th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 214,811 households, 63,286 are social homes (29.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Manchester compare with the UK average?
At +12.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Manchester sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Manchester at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Manchester.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Manchester has 219 schools — 199 state-funded and 20 independent. That includes 137 primary and 30 secondary schools. Of the 73 with a published Ofsted grade, 75% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 203 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Manchester, offering about 8,645 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Manchester sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 59% of its 295 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,956 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 Manchester
See Manchester through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Manchester?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).