Social housing in Wyre
7.6% of households in Wyre 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 Wyre?
Wyre ranks 373rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 50,717 households, 3,877 are social homes (7.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Wyre compare with the UK average?
At -9.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Wyre sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Wyre at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Wyre.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Wyre has 57 schools — 53 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 41 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 22 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 43 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Wyre, offering about 2,112 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Wyre sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 17% of its 69 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,317 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 Wyre
See Wyre 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).