Social housing in East Suffolk
13.1% of households in East Suffolk are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in East Suffolk?
East Suffolk ranks 248th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 110,757 households, 14,487 are social homes (13.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does East Suffolk compare with the UK average?
At -4.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, East Suffolk sits below the national level.
East Suffolk at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about East Suffolk.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, East Suffolk has 114 schools — 103 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 84 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of the 56 with a published Ofsted grade, 86% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 88 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in East Suffolk, offering about 3,031 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in East Suffolk sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 14% of its 145 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,270 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 Suffolk
See East Suffolk 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).