Social housing in South Norfolk

11.7% of households in South Norfolk are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

11.7%Social housing
7,184Social homes
61,403All households
South Norfolk11.7%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in South Norfolk?

South Norfolk ranks 297th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 61,403 households, 7,184 are social homes (11.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does South Norfolk compare with the UK average?

At -5.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, South Norfolk sits below the national level.

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South Norfolk at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about South Norfolk.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, South Norfolk has 78 schools — 74 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 64 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 31 with a published Ofsted grade, 77% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 66 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in South Norfolk, offering about 2,540 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in South Norfolk sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 88 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £3,304 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 South Norfolk

See South Norfolk 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 South Norfolk?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).