Social housing in North East Lincolnshire

13.2% of households in North East Lincolnshire are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

13.2%Social housing
9,187Social homes
69,818All households
North East Lincolnshire13.2%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in North East Lincolnshire?

North East Lincolnshire ranks 246th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 69,818 households, 9,187 are social homes (13.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does North East Lincolnshire compare with the UK average?

At -4.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, North East Lincolnshire sits below the national level.

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North East Lincolnshire at a glance

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

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, North East Lincolnshire has 74 schools — 69 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 49 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 26 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 48 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in North East Lincolnshire, offering about 2,010 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in North East Lincolnshire sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 37% of its 107 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £1,800 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 East Lincolnshire

See North East Lincolnshire 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 East Lincolnshire?

“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).