Social housing in Dudley
19.0% of households in Dudley 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 Dudley?
Dudley ranks 98th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 137,007 households, 26,012 are social homes (19.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Dudley compare with the UK average?
At +1.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Dudley sits close to the national level.
Dudley at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Dudley.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Dudley has 118 schools — 111 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 78 primary and 19 secondary schools. Of the 55 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 104 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Dudley, offering about 4,292 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Dudley sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 26% of its 203 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,761 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 Dudley
See Dudley 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).