Social housing in Redditch
20.2% of households in Redditch 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 Redditch?
Redditch ranks 81st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 36,360 households, 7,336 are social homes (20.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Redditch compare with the UK average?
At +2.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Redditch sits above the national level.
Redditch at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Redditch.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Redditch has 36 schools — 35 state-funded and 1 independent. That includes 19 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of the 13 with a published Ofsted grade, 77% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 36 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Redditch, offering about 1,640 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Redditch sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 23% of its 57 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,907 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 Redditch
See Redditch 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).