Social housing in Stevenage
26.3% of households in Stevenage 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 Stevenage?
Stevenage ranks 29th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 36,485 households, 9,591 are social homes (26.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Stevenage compare with the UK average?
At +8.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Stevenage sits above the national level.
Stevenage at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Stevenage.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Stevenage has 37 schools — 37 state-funded. That includes 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 18 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 44 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Stevenage, offering about 1,666 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Stevenage sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 4% of its 54 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,938 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 Stevenage
See Stevenage 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).