Social housing in Swindon
15.6% of households in Swindon are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Swindon?
Swindon ranks 158th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 95,896 households, 14,942 are social homes (15.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Swindon compare with the UK average?
At -1.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Swindon sits close to the national level.
Swindon at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Swindon.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Swindon has 92 schools — 89 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 66 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of the 46 with a published Ofsted grade, 83% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 98 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Swindon, offering about 4,176 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Swindon sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 14% of its 140 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,240 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 Swindon
See Swindon 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).