Social housing in Norwich
30.3% of households in Norwich are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Norwich?
Norwich ranks 11th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 64,452 households, 19,516 are social homes (30.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Norwich compare with the UK average?
At +12.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Norwich sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Norwich at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Norwich.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Norwich has 63 schools — 53 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 34 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 22 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 38 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Norwich, offering about 1,988 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Norwich sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 32% of its 85 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,050 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 Norwich
See Norwich 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).