Social housing in North Tyneside
20.6% of households in North Tyneside 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 North Tyneside?
North Tyneside ranks 79th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 96,212 households, 19,773 are social homes (20.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does North Tyneside compare with the UK average?
At +3.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, North Tyneside sits above the national level.
North Tyneside at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about North Tyneside.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, North Tyneside has 82 schools — 78 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 54 primary and 14 secondary schools. Of the 34 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 75 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in North Tyneside, offering about 3,425 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in North Tyneside sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 20% of its 133 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,292 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 Tyneside
See North Tyneside 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).