Social housing in Adur
12.4% of households in Adur 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 Adur?
Adur ranks 277th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 27,684 households, 3,436 are social homes (12.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Adur compare with the UK average?
At -5.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Adur sits below the national level.
Adur at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Adur.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Adur has 21 schools — 16 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Of the 6 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 37 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Adur, offering about 1,211 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Adur sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 42 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,500 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 Adur
See Adur 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).