Social housing in South Oxfordshire
12.0% of households in South Oxfordshire are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in South Oxfordshire?
South Oxfordshire ranks 292nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 61,540 households, 7,394 are social homes (12.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does South Oxfordshire compare with the UK average?
At -5.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, South Oxfordshire sits below the national level.
South Oxfordshire at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about South Oxfordshire.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, South Oxfordshire has 85 schools — 73 state-funded and 12 independent. That includes 57 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 28 with a published Ofsted grade, 79% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 96 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in South Oxfordshire, offering about 3,637 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in South Oxfordshire sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 93 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,946 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 Oxfordshire
See South Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).