Social housing in Brent
23.5% of households in Brent 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 Brent?
Brent ranks 47th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 118,602 households, 27,866 are social homes (23.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Brent compare with the UK average?
At +6.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Brent sits above the national level.
Brent at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Brent.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Brent has 104 schools — 90 state-funded and 14 independent. That includes 60 primary and 15 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 Brent, offering about 6,417 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Brent sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 29% of its 181 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £6,095 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 Brent
See Brent 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).