Social housing in Sheffield
22.6% of households in Sheffield 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 Sheffield?
Sheffield ranks 56th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 232,018 households, 52,360 are social homes (22.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Sheffield compare with the UK average?
At +5.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Sheffield sits above the national level.
Sheffield at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Sheffield.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Sheffield has 191 schools — 183 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 131 primary and 26 secondary schools. Of the 76 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 221 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Sheffield, offering about 10,209 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Sheffield sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 35% of its 343 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,517 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 Sheffield
See Sheffield 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 Sheffield?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).