Social housing in Southampton
21.9% of households in Southampton 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 Southampton?
Southampton ranks 60th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 102,240 households, 22,370 are social homes (21.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Southampton compare with the UK average?
At +4.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Southampton sits above the national level.
Southampton at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Southampton.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Southampton has 87 schools — 80 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 53 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of the 33 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 123 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Southampton, offering about 5,258 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Southampton sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 24% of its 152 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,276 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 Southampton
See Southampton 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 Southampton?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).