Social housing in North Devon

11.1% of households in North Devon are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

11.1%Social housing
4,815Social homes
43,191All households
North Devon11.1%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in North Devon?

North Devon ranks 311th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 43,191 households, 4,815 are social homes (11.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does North Devon compare with the UK average?

At -6.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, North Devon sits below the national level.

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North Devon at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about North Devon.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, North Devon has 59 schools — 56 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 47 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 24 with a published Ofsted grade, 83% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 42 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in North Devon, offering about 1,377 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in North Devon sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 14% of its 59 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £3,314 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 North Devon

See North Devon 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 North Devon?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).