Social housing in North Kesteven
10.0% of households in North Kesteven 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 North Kesteven?
North Kesteven ranks 342nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 50,989 households, 5,120 are social homes (10.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does North Kesteven compare with the UK average?
At -7.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, North Kesteven sits below the national level.
North Kesteven at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about North Kesteven.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, North Kesteven has 63 schools — 56 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 47 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 24 with a published Ofsted grade, 88% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 66 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in North Kesteven, offering about 3,056 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in North Kesteven sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 2% of its 66 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,670 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 Kesteven
See North Kesteven 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).