Social housing in Epping Forest
14.7% of households in Epping Forest 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 Epping Forest?
Epping Forest ranks 180th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 54,577 households, 8,001 are social homes (14.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Epping Forest compare with the UK average?
At -2.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Epping Forest sits below the national level.
Epping Forest at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Epping Forest.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Epping Forest has 54 schools — 45 state-funded and 9 independent. That includes 35 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 18 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 84 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Epping Forest, offering about 3,282 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Epping Forest sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 78 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,652 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 Epping Forest
See Epping Forest 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).