Social housing in Peterborough
18.6% of households in Peterborough are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Peterborough?
Peterborough ranks 109th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 84,530 households, 15,757 are social homes (18.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Peterborough compare with the UK average?
At +1.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Peterborough sits close to the national level.
Peterborough at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Peterborough.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Peterborough has 90 schools — 86 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 60 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of the 40 with a published Ofsted grade, 85% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 115 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Peterborough, offering about 4,999 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Peterborough sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 39% of its 121 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,704 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 Peterborough
See Peterborough 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).