Social housing in Nottingham
25.5% of households in Nottingham 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 Nottingham?
Nottingham ranks 32nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 124,720 households, 31,803 are social homes (25.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Nottingham compare with the UK average?
At +8.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Nottingham sits above the national level.
Nottingham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Nottingham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Nottingham has 118 schools — 107 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 73 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of the 46 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 113 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Nottingham, offering about 5,303 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Nottingham sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 54% of its 179 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,372 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 Nottingham
See Nottingham 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).