Social housing in Calderdale
14.6% of households in Calderdale 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 Calderdale?
Calderdale ranks 183rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 90,473 households, 13,181 are social homes (14.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Calderdale compare with the UK average?
At -2.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Calderdale sits below the national level.
Calderdale at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Calderdale.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Calderdale has 114 schools — 102 state-funded and 12 independent. That includes 81 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of the 54 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 102 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Calderdale, offering about 4,324 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Calderdale sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 32% of its 129 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,237 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 Calderdale
See Calderdale 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).