Social housing in West Berkshire
13.9% of households in West Berkshire 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 West Berkshire?
West Berkshire ranks 213th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 66,659 households, 9,298 are social homes (13.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does West Berkshire compare with the UK average?
At -3.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, West Berkshire sits below the national level.
West Berkshire at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about West Berkshire.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, West Berkshire has 99 schools — 84 state-funded and 15 independent. That includes 67 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 23 with a published Ofsted grade, 91% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 105 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in West Berkshire, offering about 4,188 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in West Berkshire sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 99 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,417 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 West Berkshire
See West Berkshire 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).