Social housing in Ashfield
14.9% of households in Ashfield 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 Ashfield?
Ashfield ranks 173rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 54,514 households, 8,123 are social homes (14.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Ashfield compare with the UK average?
At -2.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Ashfield sits below the national level.
Ashfield at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Ashfield.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Ashfield has 50 schools — 48 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 38 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 23 with a published Ofsted grade, 83% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 50 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Ashfield, offering about 2,471 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Ashfield sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 27% of its 77 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,266 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 Ashfield
See Ashfield 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).