Social housing in Southwark
39.7% of households in Southwark are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Southwark?
Southwark ranks 3rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 130,812 households, 51,955 are social homes (39.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Southwark compare with the UK average?
At +22.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Southwark sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Southwark at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Southwark.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Southwark has 121 schools — 108 state-funded and 13 independent. That includes 68 primary and 19 secondary schools. Of the 49 with a published Ofsted grade, 98% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 197 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Southwark, offering about 7,638 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Southwark sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 9% of its 173 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £7,572 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 Southwark
See Southwark 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).