Social housing in Mid Sussex
10.8% of households in Mid Sussex 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 Mid Sussex?
Mid Sussex ranks 327th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 63,336 households, 6,811 are social homes (10.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Mid Sussex compare with the UK average?
At -6.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Mid Sussex sits below the national level.
Mid Sussex at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Mid Sussex.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Mid Sussex has 66 schools — 53 state-funded and 13 independent. That includes 42 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 23 with a published Ofsted grade, 83% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 126 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Mid Sussex, offering about 4,893 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Mid Sussex sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 92 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,855 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 Mid Sussex
See Mid Sussex 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 Mid Sussex?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).