Social housing in Tunbridge Wells
14.5% of households in Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells?
Tunbridge Wells ranks 184th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 48,230 households, 7,017 are social homes (14.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Tunbridge Wells compare with the UK average?
At -2.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Tunbridge Wells sits below the national level.
Tunbridge Wells at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Tunbridge Wells.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Tunbridge Wells has 54 schools — 44 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 17 with a published Ofsted grade, 76% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 91 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Tunbridge Wells, offering about 3,784 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Tunbridge Wells sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 3% of its 69 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,834 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 Tunbridge Wells
See Tunbridge Wells 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).