Social housing in Three Rivers
14.8% of households in Three Rivers 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 Three Rivers?
Three Rivers ranks 176th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 36,812 households, 5,454 are social homes (14.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Three Rivers compare with the UK average?
At -2.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Three Rivers sits below the national level.
Three Rivers at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Three Rivers.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Three Rivers has 42 schools — 37 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 13 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 64 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Three Rivers, offering about 2,430 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Three Rivers sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 55 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,947 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 Three Rivers
See Three Rivers 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).