Social housing in Croydon
17.9% of households in Croydon are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Croydon?
Croydon ranks 118th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 152,974 households, 27,367 are social homes (17.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Croydon compare with the UK average?
At +0.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Croydon sits close to the national level.
Croydon at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Croydon.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Croydon has 159 schools — 131 state-funded and 28 independent. That includes 87 primary and 23 secondary schools. Of the 56 with a published Ofsted grade, 84% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 246 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Croydon, offering about 9,275 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Croydon sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 20% of its 229 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,000 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 Croydon
See Croydon 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).