Social housing in Preston
18.4% of households in Preston 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 Preston?
Preston ranks 110th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 59,584 households, 10,993 are social homes (18.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Preston compare with the UK average?
At +1.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Preston sits close to the national level.
Preston at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Preston.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Preston has 82 schools — 74 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 53 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 25 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 73 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Preston, offering about 3,847 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Preston sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 45% of its 87 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,933 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 Preston
See Preston 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).