Social housing in Bridgend
13.9% of households in Bridgend 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 Bridgend?
Bridgend ranks 215th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 62,351 households, 8,668 are social homes (13.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Bridgend compare with the UK average?
At -3.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Bridgend sits below the national level.
Bridgend at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Bridgend.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Bridgend has 61 schools — 61 state-funded.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Bridgend sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 21% of its 87 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,444 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 Bridgend
See Bridgend 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).