Social housing in Middlesbrough
23.3% of households in Middlesbrough are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough ranks 49th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 60,227 households, 14,009 are social homes (23.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Middlesbrough compare with the UK average?
At +5.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Middlesbrough sits above the national level.
Middlesbrough at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Middlesbrough.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Middlesbrough has 64 schools — 60 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 41 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 24 with a published Ofsted grade, 96% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 37 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Middlesbrough, offering about 1,898 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Middlesbrough sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 60% of its 90 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,482 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 Middlesbrough
See Middlesbrough 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).