Social housing in Blaby
8.2% of households in Blaby 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 Blaby?
Blaby ranks 366th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 42,567 households, 3,490 are social homes (8.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Blaby compare with the UK average?
At -9.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Blaby sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Blaby at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Blaby.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Blaby has 33 schools — 32 state-funded and 1 independent. That includes 27 primary and 3 secondary schools. Of the 17 with a published Ofsted grade, 76% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 63 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Blaby, offering about 2,852 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Blaby sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 60 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,135 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 Blaby
See Blaby 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).