Social housing in East Riding of Yorkshire

9.4% of households in East Riding of Yorkshire are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

9.4%Social housing
14,262Social homes
152,068All households
East Riding of Yorkshire9.4%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in East Riding of Yorkshire?

East Riding of Yorkshire ranks 354th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 152,068 households, 14,262 are social homes (9.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does East Riding of Yorkshire compare with the UK average?

At -8.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, East Riding of Yorkshire sits below the national level.

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East Riding of Yorkshire at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about East Riding of Yorkshire.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, East Riding of Yorkshire has 159 schools — 151 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 124 primary and 17 secondary schools. Of the 72 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 133 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in East Riding of Yorkshire, offering about 5,788 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in East Riding of Yorkshire sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 10% of its 213 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £2,455 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 East Riding of Yorkshire

See East Riding of Yorkshire through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:

Which areas are similar to East Riding of Yorkshire?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).