Social housing in Brighton and Hove
14.9% of households in Brighton and Hove 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 Brighton and Hove?
Brighton and Hove ranks 175th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 121,381 households, 18,057 are social homes (14.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Brighton and Hove compare with the UK average?
At -2.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Brighton and Hove sits below the national level.
Brighton and Hove at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Brighton and Hove.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Brighton and Hove has 82 schools — 70 state-funded and 12 independent. That includes 47 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 25 with a published Ofsted grade, 84% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 189 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Brighton and Hove, offering about 7,225 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Brighton and Hove sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 17% of its 165 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,374 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 Brighton and Hove
See Brighton and Hove 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).