Social housing in Wakefield
21.7% of households in Wakefield are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Wakefield?
Wakefield ranks 63rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 153,139 households, 33,228 are social homes (21.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Wakefield compare with the UK average?
At +4.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Wakefield sits above the national level.
Wakefield at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Wakefield.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Wakefield has 158 schools — 145 state-funded and 13 independent. That includes 113 primary and 18 secondary schools. Of the 61 with a published Ofsted grade, 84% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 103 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Wakefield, offering about 4,632 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Wakefield sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 33% of its 215 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,336 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 Wakefield
See Wakefield 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).