Social housing in Torridge
9.3% of households in Torridge 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 Torridge?
Torridge ranks 356th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 30,431 households, 2,839 are social homes (9.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Torridge compare with the UK average?
At -8.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Torridge sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Torridge at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Torridge.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Torridge has 36 schools — 33 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 15 with a published Ofsted grade, 73% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 21 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Torridge, offering about 678 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Torridge sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 8% of its 38 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,184 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 Torridge
See Torridge 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).