Social housing in Camden
33.7% of households in Camden are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Camden?
Camden ranks 6th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 92,747 households, 31,249 are social homes (33.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Camden compare with the UK average?
At +16.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Camden sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Camden at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Camden.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Camden has 99 schools — 68 state-funded and 31 independent. That includes 38 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 24 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 118 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Camden, offering about 4,337 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Camden sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 22% of its 130 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £10,251 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 Camden
See Camden 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).