Social housing in Vale of White Horse
14.3% of households in Vale of White Horse 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 Vale of White Horse?
Vale of White Horse ranks 197th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 57,458 households, 8,200 are social homes (14.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Vale of White Horse compare with the UK average?
At -3.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Vale of White Horse sits below the national level.
Vale of White Horse at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Vale of White Horse.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Vale of White Horse has 73 schools — 62 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 50 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 83 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Vale of White Horse, offering about 3,497 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Vale of White Horse sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 81 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,227 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 Vale of White Horse
See Vale of White Horse through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Vale of White Horse?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).