Social housing in Fareham
8.1% of households in Fareham 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 Fareham?
Fareham ranks 367th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 48,636 households, 3,963 are social homes (8.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Fareham compare with the UK average?
At -9.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Fareham sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Fareham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Fareham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Fareham has 48 schools — 41 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 30 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 20 with a published Ofsted grade, 85% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 84 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Fareham, offering about 3,360 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Fareham sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 3% of its 73 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,065 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 Fareham
See Fareham 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).