Social housing in Plymouth
18.4% of households in Plymouth 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 Plymouth?
Plymouth ranks 111th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 114,523 households, 21,102 are social homes (18.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Plymouth compare with the UK average?
At +0.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Plymouth sits close to the national level.
Plymouth at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Plymouth.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Plymouth has 107 schools — 102 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 69 primary and 19 secondary schools. Of the 51 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 89 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Plymouth, offering about 3,983 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Plymouth sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 26% of its 164 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,585 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 Plymouth
See Plymouth through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Plymouth?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).