Social housing in Test Valley
14.3% of households in Test Valley 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 Test Valley?
Test Valley ranks 192nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 54,691 households, 7,841 are social homes (14.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Test Valley compare with the UK average?
At -3.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Test Valley sits below the national level.
Test Valley at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Test Valley.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Test Valley has 65 schools — 57 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 46 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 20 with a published Ofsted grade, 80% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 82 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Test Valley, offering about 3,315 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Test Valley sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 2% of its 81 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,058 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 Test Valley
See Test Valley 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).