Social housing in Winchester
15.4% of households in Winchester 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 Winchester?
Winchester ranks 162nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 51,746 households, 7,963 are social homes (15.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Winchester compare with the UK average?
At -2.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Winchester sits below the national level.
Winchester at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Winchester.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Winchester has 62 schools — 56 state-funded and 6 independent. That includes 43 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 18 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 119 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Winchester, offering about 4,745 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Winchester sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 72 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,868 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 Winchester
See Winchester 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).