Social housing in Derby
18.8% of households in Derby 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 Derby?
Derby ranks 103rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 105,631 households, 19,843 are social homes (18.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Derby compare with the UK average?
At +1.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Derby sits close to the national level.
Derby at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Derby.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Derby has 117 schools — 108 state-funded and 9 independent. That includes 74 primary and 15 secondary schools. Of the 51 with a published Ofsted grade, 86% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 118 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Derby, offering about 4,651 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Derby sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 36% of its 152 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,540 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 Derby
See Derby 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).