Social housing in Gedling

9.7% of households in Gedling are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

9.7%Social housing
4,995Social homes
51,546All households
Gedling9.7%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Gedling?

Gedling ranks 348th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 51,546 households, 4,995 are social homes (9.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Gedling compare with the UK average?

At -7.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Gedling sits below the national level.

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Gedling at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Gedling.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, Gedling has 57 schools — 53 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 44 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 28 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 67 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Gedling, offering about 2,434 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in Gedling sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 4% of its 77 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £2,874 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 Gedling

See Gedling 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 Gedling?

“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).