Social housing in Birmingham
23.5% of households in Birmingham are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Birmingham?
Birmingham ranks 46th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 423,529 households, 99,551 are social homes (23.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Birmingham compare with the UK average?
At +6.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Birmingham sits above the national level.
Birmingham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Birmingham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Birmingham has 511 schools — 455 state-funded and 56 independent. That includes 289 primary and 83 secondary schools. Of the 203 with a published Ofsted grade, 88% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 529 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Birmingham, offering about 22,309 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Birmingham sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 55% of its 659 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,706 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 Birmingham
See Birmingham through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Birmingham?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).