Social housing in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
11.0% of households in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranks 316th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 173,854 households, 19,113 are social homes (11.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole compare with the UK average?
At -6.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole sits below the national level.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 117 schools — 106 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 66 primary and 22 secondary schools. Of the 41 with a published Ofsted grade, 93% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 179 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, offering about 6,941 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 10% of its 240 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,026 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
See Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
- House prices £/m² in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Crime & anti-social behaviour in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Noise & sound pollution in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Deprivation (IMD 2025) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Broadband speeds in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).