Social housing in Exeter
16.6% of households in Exeter 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 Exeter?
Exeter ranks 135th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 52,555 households, 8,732 are social homes (16.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Exeter compare with the UK average?
At -0.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Exeter sits close to the national level.
Exeter at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Exeter.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Exeter has 53 schools — 46 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 53% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 58 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Exeter, offering about 2,357 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Exeter sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 6% of its 78 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,643 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 Exeter
See Exeter 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).